Wakato Academy

Technology in the home and school...

I am on a quest to help both my house and my school run more efficiently.  I know sometimes the computer can be more of a hinderance than a helper but what I have found is that if you carefully analyze the intended use and alternative options that you can strike a balance between where technology can truly benefit your household and where it will just end up being more time consuming.  In my evaluations I have decided that using the computer as my primary filing system will benefit me in saved time and increased efficiency in both my house and homeschool as well as increased space thanks to the greatly reduced amount of paper that needs to be stored. 

I guess I should preface this with the fact that paper is a big problem in our house.  I have tons of it, I save everything, have trouble getting rid of anything and I love to keep all the little creations my little ones make...unfortunatly it all takes up a lot of space and often times I can't find what I need when I need it because there's just too much. 

So my journey starts this weekend.  I upgraded my printer to a better printer with a scanner (got a great deal on it from Costco) and purchased a software program that helps you in setting up an electronic filing cabinet.  I have the software all set up and have been working on making some adjustments to fit my household needs, like adding electronic portfolio cabinets for storing photo's of projects and scanned images of completed papers.  So far I love the software, it provides a pretty comprehensive skeleton from which to work from and is really easy to adjust and change to fit your families needs.  It was originally $50 but I found a discount code for 30% off which made it only $35 for the software.

I posted the link previously...the discount code is "dummies", if you want to purchase it.

Stay tuned for more information on how were using technology to improve our home and school....