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6 ways to personalize learning with flexible seating
02/17/2017
Topics: Learning spaces, Makerspaces, Personalized Learning
Putting students at the center of learning takes a double commitment. One to ensure that instruction and learning address distinct student needs, interests and aspirations, and one to provide spaces that support a student-centered program.
It also…
Flexible learning spaces focus on helping students be productive, comfortable
01/01/2017
Topics: Learning spaces
Believe it or not, Jeff Spicoli may have been onto something.
“I’ve been thinking about this, Mr. Hand. If I’m here and you’re here, doesn’t that make it our time? Certainly, there’s nothing wrong with a little feast on our time.”
Spicoli may have…
Redesign your learning environment!
11/08/2016
Topics: Learning spaces, Personalized Learning
Workplace design is changing. At companies like Facebook and Google, the work environment is wide open, a design approach geared toward enhancing flexibility for an agile, mobile workforce.
It’s a concept that also works for classrooms, says Carl Hooker, director of innovation…
Small tweaks to the learning space can make a big difference
10/15/2015
Topics: Learning spaces
Most educators would agree that digital technologies have changed the education landscape. But one important “technology” receives little attention: the physical learning space…
Turn your classroom into an active learning environment
09/03/2015
Topics: Learning spaces, Makerspaces, Mobile learning
When an approach to learning and teaching earns a nickname or two, that’s often a sign the approach has worn out its welcome and is being replaced with a more relevant method.
Such is the case with “sit and get” or “sage on the stage,” the teaching method that chains…
4 AR tools to build executive function and engagement
07/23/2015
Topics: Assistive and adaptive technologies, Augmented reality, Learning spaces, Mobile learning, Tools
Imagine your classroom filled with purposeful, motivated, strategic, goal-directed learners. What would students be able to do? What would your classroom look like? What could your learners accomplish? Envision your students showing initiative by quickly beginning assigned tasks, knowing what to…
Know the ISTE Standards for Coaches: Digital age learning environments
06/25/2015
Topics: Learning spaces, Standards, Technology infrastructure
ISTE Standards for Coaches 3: Digital Age Learning Environments. Technology coaches create and support effective digital age learning…
8 ways to establish shared vision
04/17/2015
Topics: 1:1, Learning spaces, Standards
When someone is dubbed a visionary, we tend to attribute it to bleeding-edge thinking or a knack for big ideas. Truth be told, visionaries share a number of characteristics such as openness, imagination, persistence and…
Here's how we achieved real tech integration
06/28/2014
Topics: 1:1, Education leadership, Learning spaces, Mobile learning, Personalized Learning, Project-based learning
The biggest challenge I faced during the waning days of the 2013-14 school year was responding to comments, questions and dismay from teachers after they learned the 1:1 technology would not be available during the final three weeks of school. All I can say is three years ago, I would never…
Want to know what students think? This librarian asked them!
06/10/2014
Topics: Learning spaces
Shannon McClintock Miller is passionate about giving students a voice and urging adults to listen to those voices. Last fall, Miller, who is the district teacher librarian and technology integrationist at Van Meter Community School in Iowa, set out to listen to youth voices on a grand scale.…