Gaggle Speaks

MAY 8, 2015

Although you’re not likely to bring in Italian rugs or French artwork to the classroom, the learning space is a very important aspect of effective teaching. Think about how science classrooms are arranged much differently than writing or math classrooms. Assignment Organization. Transform Discussion Boards.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative and collaborative work. But one commonly overlooked factor in this transition is classroom design. Unfortunately, most classrooms look the same as they did 20-30 years ago.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2019

There is a fair amount of research into the impact of classroom design on student learning. Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning methods and activities, and spaces that let students feel a sense of ownership over the classroom, demonstrably affect how well students learn.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recently, however, the growing awareness of neurodiversity has started to shift the school design narrative for students with unique learning styles. Every student deserves to feel like school is a place designed with them in mind – a space where they belong and can thrive.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2019

Over the past several years, schools throughout the country have embraced a modern learning environment approach to classroom design, incorporating devices for students and teachers, advanced audiovisual tools and flexible furniture to create dynamic, student-centered learning spaces.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The focus in K­–12 districts has long been on flexible learning spaces, but modern classroom designs are adapting now that most students are equipped with one-to-one devices. Many schools are conceptualizing configurations that move the traditional focus from the front of the classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

STEM education is a focus once again, with a highlight on leveraging federal funds for STEM education, a look at gamification’s latest role in classroom design, and the latest news in computer science education. How gamification is driving learning space design.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

Although a wealth of research suggests that active learning increases student engagement and improves academic outcomes, many college campuses struggle to get faculty to shift away from traditional, sage-on-a-stage style teaching practices. And that dialogue helps inform the work of IU’s learning spaces team.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Courtyard design for the Cardinal Child Care Center; Courtesy of LPA Design Studios Our work with San Bernardino and other districts has taught us a lot about how to leverage design to address the different needs of young learners at this crucial stage in their development.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Simply adding technology to a classroom doesn’t make it an innovative space. Leaders looking to shift learning must think more holistically. Eric Sheninger and Tom Murray share their expertise on modern learning spaces. MURRAY: The modern learning environment is one that mirrors student empowerment.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

Put on your student glasses: the “shift” around the nation to personalized learning has begun. As an educational service agency serving 33 public school districts in southeast Iowa, our role is to support students, teachers and administrators to bring about the best possible learning success for students’ education.

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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. Be Rewarding Building an Edtech Innovator means incentivizing innovation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

When I first began blending digital and face-to-face learning, it was easy enough to create a flow between online learning spaces and offline learning. However, I noticed that sometimes my students were not getting as much out of the digital learning platform as I had anticipated.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Every year has its trends, fads and buzzwords—computational thinking, social-emotional learning, Google. But what, if anything, can we learn from them? Many of the stories here provide an answer to education’s perennial question: How can we make the time we spend with students just a little better? And yet the No.

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Organized Classroom

APRIL 25, 2025

Does a cluttered classroom make your head hurt? The classroom environment does play an important role in student learning, but with budgets that are small (or more likely nonexistent), it is tough to get rid of anything. Or do you just accept it as inevitable and go with the flow? Now available in our Shop!

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2020

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. We have seen students lack access to technology and Wi-Fi. Nothing replaces proximity when it comes to fostering relationships and building trusted connections with students.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

How Modern Learning Environments Support Numerous Pedagogies. When Neosho Junior High School teachers and students moved into a sleek, new campus last August, they said goodbye to traditional classrooms and hello to modern learning spaces that encourage mobility, collaboration and new ways of learning.

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