I have two children at a private international school.
Over the course of one year how much paper based communication is generated?
In 2013 I attempted to track of all the paper that was sent home. It was difficult to keep up. Due to poor organization habits, some items were brought home by the student. Many items were read, processed and discarded or returned before they could be tracked on this wiki.
One way:
Bi-directional (all or part of the paper was returned to school):
One way:
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I have started a fresh attempt to track paper again for the 2014-15 academic year. This year I will record if the same information has also been received by email. In communication, repeating a message for an effective frequency is often important to ensure that people are exposed to it. However, getting a paper copy of something that has already been sent by email is not necessary.
Paper that is sent home for homework or is part of students' coursework will not be tracked.
My students have finished their time at the school and I am shredding the paper that was sent home and not returned to school during this experiment. There is the equivalent of 118 A4 pages and the weight of the paper is 517g.