Transforming your Classroom into a Contemporary Learning Space Louise Cimetta Coordinator: Digital Learning Catholic Education Office of WA
Oct 31, 2014
Transforming your Classroom into a Contemporary Learning Space
Louise CimettaCoordinator: Digital Learning
Catholic Education Office of WA
Classroom
Linking Space & Purpose:
Students use physical space:
to learn alone, quietly, with one other...
to collaborate, share ideas, work together...
to celebrate learning, achievements, perform, inform, entertain...
to brainstorm, generate, build, construct, manipulate...
to watch, be instructed, be guided...
Pedagogical Virtual Physical
goal settingreflecting
researchingreviewingrecording
demonstrating mastery
blogse-portfolios
video recordingsaudio recordings
screencasts
What opportunities can we provide?
Purpose: To learn alone, quietly, with one other...
Pedagogical Virtual Physical
collaboratingsharing
negotiatingcompromising
co-constructing
Wiki’sTwitter or TwiducateSkype or
Facetime or Google Hangouts
Google DriveTodaysMeet
TitanPad
What opportunities can we provide?
Purpose: To collaborate, share ideas, work together...
Pedagogical Virtual Physical
demonstrate mastery
acknowledge effort
reflect on progress
share learninginform others
QR codesGoogle SitesSlideShare
PadletFlickr
YouTubeTellegamiPodcasts
What opportunities can we provide?
Purpose: To celebrate learning, achievements, perform, inform, entertain......
Pedagogical Virtual Physical
Big questionsreal world problems
time to exploremultiple solutions
PadletPopplet
AnswerGardenSolvr
What opportunities can we provide?
Purpose: To brainstorm, generate, build, construct, manipulate...
Pedagogical Virtual Physical
differentiationpersonalisation
instructionflipped learningpeer tutoring
EdmodoSchoologyApple TV/ReflectorExplain
EverythingPodcastsYouTube
What opportunities can we provide?
Purpose: To watch, be instructed, be guided...
Some Considerations
Make it mobile!
Make it flexible
Think vertical!
Invest in equipment that can be used in more than one way!
Rethink your surfaces!
consider colour!
Engage in action research!
Most of today’s classrooms are designed with the teacher at the centre. But if the classroom is focused on the learner
instead, then learning becomes paramount.Rick Dewar
Louise Cimetta
http://about.me/loucimetta