New Learning in and old Container
This replaced chalkboards.
Whiteboards
This is what “curating a classroom” means.
Curating a classroom refers to having the teacher display the student’s work, such as drawings, writings, sculptures, paintings, etc.
The letter G stands for this in the acronym EDGE.
Grow your ideas
These are the four main fonts.
Visibility, Flexibility, Comfort, and Invitational Quality
Make form follow ___.
Function
This replaced desks.
Tables
True or false: A curator would include “commercially made materials” like charts, alphabet strips, number lines, and book cover posters in their classroom.
False
True or false: Natural light affects motivation, mood, and energy, and some studies have found that getting adequate natural light improves learning
True
True or false: Students draw inspiration from those around them like artists, actors, and creative souls.
True
Create some element of surprise, ____, or humor.
This seating arrangement is in Kathy Hanwalt’s classroom.
Desk are in a C shape
This is what documentation does.
Inspires students to do their best
Makes learning visible and public
Allows students to reflect and revisit what they learned
Informs parents, administration, and other educators about how learning looks in the classroom
Since there is no whiteboard, the teacher has the students write here.
On the wall
Flexibility in space is achieved through having these zones.
Having different areas where students use both frequently and regularly like reading, play, presentation, group, etc.
What is the best way to see your classroom from your student's perspective?
Get on your knees/down low
This hangs on the wall that encourages students to write questions, responses, quotes, and/ or poems.
Chalk Talk
The reason why Nellie’s classroom has a classroom wall mostly made of glass.
It allows other students and teachers to observe what the students in the classroom are learning and the work they have made.
True or false: These studio spaces do not allow a lot of movement.
This question can you use to assess the invitational quality of a classroom.
What first greets me as a visitor? Is this the space I would want to learn in? (answers will vary)
Best kind of walk to get comfortable in your school environment.
Ghost walk
The large C arrangement represents this in the “primordial learning metaphors” identified by David Thornburg.
Campfire
Nellie considers herself to be.
A curator
These are the types of desks being used in class.
Standing desks
Temperature can affect comfort in the classroom if it is .
If the temperature is too hot it can cause sluggishness, and being too cold can exert energy and resources in trying to keep warm; leaving less energy to concentrate and focus.
These are two ideas that can easily be modified to consider when designing your space.
Orientation and Ambiance