"You are already designing your space, intentionally or not." ~ Rebecca Hare
1 Develop a Designer's Mindset
1. Find an image or photo of a space that you love.
2. Ask yourself what you love about this space
Pro-Tip: Ask yourself what 3 verbs you want to be a part of your room.
1. Use these verbs along with the student survey results to guide your classroom design.
3. Take a look at these classroom design ideas
2. Develop an elevator pitch.
Innovative Classroom Design in BSD
Learning Spaces
Dr. David Thornburg teaches educators about learning spaces. He explains three zones in a classroom as shown below.
Watering Hole Cave Campfire
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2 Addition by Subtraction...
Create a 'culture of scarcity instead of a 'cereal aisle effect' where kids can't process. Have blank walls. A Blank wall or space on a wall will allow students to settle their eyes on nothing and process what's in their head.
Pro Tip: Take a trunk full of stuff from your classroom to your car.
Leave the stuff in your car for 2 weeks. If you go back to your car to get something, then take it back in. If you don't, then take those items home or donate them.
Create a 'culture of scarcity instead of a 'cereal aisle effect' where kids can't process. Have blank walls. A Blank wall or space on a wall will allow students to settle their eyes on nothing and process what's in their head.
Pro Tip: Take a trunk full of stuff from your classroom to your car.
Leave the stuff in your car for 2 weeks. If you go back to your car to get something, then take it back in. If you don't, then take those items home or donate them.
3 Design with Your Students
Don't just design for students. Design with students.
Don't just design for students. Design with students.
Flexible seating means choice
What furniture will works with your classroom design needs?
What furniture will works with your classroom design needs?
4 Good Reads for Classroom Design...
Make Space takes a look at space solutions for work environments that can easily be applied to the school setting
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Created by an international team of architects and designers concerned about our failing education system, The Third Teacher explores the critical link between the school environment and how children learn, and offers 79 practical design ideas, both great and small, to guide reader’s efforts to improve our schools. ~ Google Books
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The Space: A Guide for Educators is a slide deck in a book. Read cover to cover or flip through to find inspiring quotes and thought provoking ideas and exercises for designing your learning spaces.
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