Hi all,
Below are some interesting facts and figures Logan and I have crunched in a work break after talking with the photocopier people (geeks I know!).....Have a read, have a think, accept the challenge at the bottom!! Quite intriguing!!
In the time we have leased the current photocopiers (just under 3 years), we have churned through the following:
* 1.3 million copies!!! This does not include the risograph either!
In monetary terms this equates to :
* $61,000 spent on photocopying! This figure does not include coloured paper which is a lot more exspenive than white per ream, or lease costs, or the risograph.
What wonderings does this create for you? For me:
* How much of that photocopying has ended up being thrown away or replaced? Say it's half (and that's probably being conservative), and that's $30,000!
* With our current technology, do we really need that much paper? Things like school organisation folders, ISAAC, policies and procedures etc....if we had these online and say a master copy for each team for those that prefer them, the office, and management offices, that would only be 6 copies needed rather than 30 odd.....that could make a huge difference considered these are updated fairly regularly...
* What else could that $ have been spent on?!
Your challenge : Have a paperless day somewhere in the first half of term! I dare you!! Maybe even have 2!! Perhaps we could have a school-wide paperless day? Maybe we could push for a week somewhere! Could we?!
Who's up for it?
Check out this link for a guy that's trying to do the same: https://pod51003.outlook.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=93ef349fb167464cabf58bd40a46a89c&URL=http%3a%2f%2fk12onlineconference.org%2f%3fp%3d438
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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