Classroom Design: 100 Things you Must Consider
So many puzzle pieces work together when designing new learning spaces.
Check out this ultimate checklist of considerations!
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How to Create & Design for a Positive Classroom Culture
A student’s learning is greatly impacted by the atmosphere in and the physical layout of their learning environment. When a student enters a classroom, they should feel safe, stimulated and comfortable.
What is Co-Teaching?
Co-teaching was born out of the need for quality instruction for students with disabilities, as well as given a push by the No Child Left Behind act in the early 2000s.
How Doodling Can Improve Learning and Creativity in the Classroom
As most teachers will tell you, it can be frustrating when students don’t seem to be paying attention to you.
The Myths & Facts of Flexible Seating in the Classroom
Flexible seating in the classroom has become more and more popular over the years.
Cultivating a Growth Mindset in the Classroom
Perhaps, the world’s most successful people developed their craft through hard work and perseverance.
Six Ways to Improve Independent Learning in Students
Learning is more than memorising facts and formulas; learning is a way of thinking and an approach to life.
Eliminating the Teacher Desk: A Growing Classroom Trend
A trend is growing in educational circles to eliminate the large, immovable teacher’s desk that has occupied the front of every classroom for centuries.
Creating Powerful and Engaging Learning Environments
The physical learning environment has a powerful impact on students’ social and emotional landscape. Physical spaces should be intentionally designed to support academic achievement. Though educators and designers have a variety of frameworks available to guide their development of 21st century learning spaces, the works of futurist David Thornburg and his primordial archetypes are heralded by …
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Play to Learn! A Guide to Gamification in the Classroom
Gamification adds another layer to teaching pedagogy that can be surprisingly as fun for teachers to plan as it is for students to experience.