Edsurge

MAY 8, 2018

They create classrooms designed to maximize student learning, and do everything from fine-tuning lesson plans and homework assignments to organizing the physical layout of their learning spaces. Today’s teachers are expert innovators.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Apps aren’t designed for the whole classroom. Design for collaboration. Districts should look to solutions that streamline peer feedback, classroom polls, and flexible groupings. I developed Frontier ’s inquiry-based lessons precisely because I’ve seen technology relegated to independent practice time and testing.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 27, 2018

Foster a Success Culture Using Classroom Collaboration. The new age of K–12 education is being driven by the idea of fostering a collaborative culture to encourage students to work together to solve problems. public sector director of education, in the report. Fostering collaboration is not just for students either.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

grabbed the top contributor spots, speaking to brain-based classroom design, computational thinking, and school culture. WRAP YOUR BRAIN AROUND THIS: Erin Klein, a 2nd grade teacher and our 2016 Fifty States writer in Michigan, got frustrated with traditional classroom design.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2019

These formative decisions are made by guidance counselors, assistant principals, principals, and superintendents before students ever enter the classroom. Designing the student experience is no easy task.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2017

The facilitator shared pictures of sleek, stylish yet functional seats, tables and “Starbucks”-style setups while others asked questions and shared ideas about how to get the latest furniture in their classrooms. Some offered contact information about “classroom designers” and school vendors.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

What Does Good Classroom Design Look Like in the Age of Social Distancing? by Robert Dillon Returning to school buildings after months away was likely a stressful event, wrote space design expert and former administrator Robert Dillon. But researchers have been trying to answer them for years.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Custom millwork can be designed with nooks and alcoves in classrooms to provide opportunities for refuge and exploration. Thoughtful, deliberate design can support a child’s sense of ownership over their space.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

Connecting course and classroom design has another perk: access to a new pool of funds previously earmarked for other projects. UCF and IU are among those schools supplementing funding for instructional supports by tapping into larger pools of money designated for classroom build-outs each year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2016

GradeCraft is an award-winning, game-oriented LMS designed to boost student engagement and motivation. Our goal is really to help people think differently about teaching and learning,” Niemer says.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-Based Methods and Strategies for Training and Education. Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning. The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

While models precisely outline classroom design they do not inform alignment with learning outcomes or the means of personalized assessment beyond adaptive tools. Thus, the same model can produce a student-centered classroom focused on personalized pathways agency, and strong teacher-student mentorship.or

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

What if teachers were to return from an edtech training to a different kind of classroom? Pleasant Middle School , who partnered with our agency in the design of classroom (shown above). Where will our classrooms design travel to next? That led to a crucial idea.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

This transition affected everyone at the school, impacting everything from classroom design to the skills students needed to be successful—but that was a struggle for some. Schoolwide implementation then brought these changes to more than 500 students in grades K-8 in fall of 2015.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Seek a partnership rather than a product Learning models eat education software for breakfast. And as a school rethinks its classroom designs and instructional approaches, how its teachers and students interact with each other and with the curriculum often is more important than the actual software they use.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Classroom Design The Anteater Learning Pavilion is outfitted with two major lecture halls, six large classrooms, four 30-seat classrooms, three computer labs, staff offices and meeting rooms.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

In the classroom, we can trust our students to demonstrate their knowledge through their chosen medium as well. Many teachers assume that implementing personalized learning involves new software, a new learning management system or a fundamental shift in classroom design.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In general students learn through interacting with objects placed strategically around the classroom, designed to slowly build skills and scale in complexity. Sometimes its by request, but always when teachers and students feel they’re ready. Otherwise, days are largely untethered from traditional structure.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The Future of Education Depends on Social Emotional Learning: Here’s Why by Giancarlo Brotto Research indicates that students who receive instruction in social-emotional skills—such as agreeableness, conscientiousness and emotional stability—not only perform better in school, but are more successful in careers and life in general.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

After reading about the results of learning studios on other campuses, JCCC partnered with classroom furniture company. Herman Miller to create their first learning studio.

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2020

We have seen students lack access to technology and Wi-Fi. Where we learn matters. This truth has exploded as we have waded through the realities of emergency remote learning. As a profession, we have honorably pivoted to meet the needs of students, but all of us have experienced the soft spots of our strategy.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

MakerBot , a provider of 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys, announced the launch of the MakerBotSKETCH Classroom, designed to be a reliable 3D printing setup for the classroom, giving students more access to 3D printing and setting up teachers for success.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

This is the next revolution in education,” Johnson says. A ­normal ­classroom with rows of desks inhibits what teachers can do in a classroom.”. Create a Neighborhood Vibe with Classroom Design . Space impacts learning, even more so when you are trying to do innovative teaching.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

One methodology of research is called participation design research, in which you take all these stakeholders and bring them to the table, and they're building tools together.

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