Tom Murray

DECEMBER 3, 2018

If the focus on your classroom space is about being pretty and cute – you’re caught up in the fluff; stuff that really doesn’t matter. Flexible seating can be a great support for student agency, or a trendy disaster in the making. Simply put, there’s no connection between decorations and learning.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 19, 2022

The main difference between traditional learning models and competency-based learning is that the first prioritizes “seat time” while measuring success. In a competency-based model, students’ progress is measured based on mastery and not how much time they’ve spent in the classroom. More flexibility for students and teachers alike.

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Neo LMS

JULY 14, 2020

Many of the supports that could be relied upon in classrooms were no longer feasible online, and some of the supports that had been missing from the start exacerbated the weaknesses of the feeble systems we previously had in place. Read more: How to apply the Universal Design for Learning in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 6, 2021

It has dynamic features such as seating charts, attendance, data export, and import. It is flexible and easy to learn, so the educator can monitor learner activities. It is flexible and easy to learn, so the educator can monitor learner activities. This app was created to support educators in the classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 31, 2018

Review: K–12 Classroom Furniture Gets Flexible with the Ergotron LearnFit. A major trend in education is flexible seating, so Ergotron’s LearnFit sit-stand desk may be the perfect fit for today’s modern classroom. Reconfiguring the learning space efficiently is important for a modern classroom.

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Neo LMS

JULY 18, 2019

Personalized learning gives students responsibility for their learning process, urging them to take ownership of and control over their education, offering flexibility and self-paced acquisition of academic content in the process. Flexible learning environments. Read more: Cheap or free hacks to redesign your classroom.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In most schools across the globe, students leave their classrooms only with the tools teachers provide them, and with the knowledge and skills they acquire throughout their development. Read more: Practical applications of Constructivism in the online classroom. Flexibility of learning environment and resources.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

It can facilitate immersive learning environments , allowing educators to craft virtual classrooms or historical settings so that students engage in interactive and captivating lessons. Beata Mirecka-Jakubowska , the founder and CEO of Intercultural Education Consulting Group , has 36 years of international classroom experience.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Thinking Routines in the Classroom with Karen Voglesang #134. Flexible Seating: Getting Rid of Cemetery Style Seating in the Classroom with Bill Selak #118. Thank you for listening to the 10-Minute Teacher.

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Hapara

MARCH 1, 2022

Blog series: Spotlighting SEL in the H?para-supported para-supported classroom. This blog series is designed to provide educators with examples from the classroom of how the H?para You can, though, develop a classroom culture of resilience with this tool. . Shifting the classroom conversation.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2017

I bounced around a few sessions but settled into one called “Flexible Furniture.” The facilitator shared pictures of sleek, stylish yet functional seats, tables and “Starbucks”-style setups while others asked questions and shared ideas about how to get the latest furniture in their classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”. Simply adding technology to a classroom doesn’t make it an innovative space. By designing a learner-centered environment that’s built upon flexibility, the traditional, industrial setup of desks in rows can be overcome. meghan.bogardu….

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 10, 2017

Episode 30: Excellent Language Arts with Teacher Alex Corbitt on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast | 10MT From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Listen to Alex’s Ideas for Improving the Language Learning Classroom. Making use of classroom spaces. Pictures of Alex’s Classroom.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 2, 2020

Most people consider the traditional brick and mortar classroom as the best way of educating children. Back in the day, traditional learning in a classroom with face to face interaction with the teacher was seen as the best choice for educating children. In online learning, however, many activities put the student in the driver’s seat.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

There is a professor that lectures in front of the classroom, which usually has fixed furniture. The reason is simple: universities need to change from traditional to more innovative classrooms if they want to stay relevant. In other words, HE is moving towards active learning classrooms (ALCs). in your classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

Kayla Delzer on episode 311 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom. Listen Now.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 26, 2019

Accessibility is an important topic in education and encompasses the classroom space, digital tools and resources and much more. Creating an Accessibility-Friendly Classroom Environment Is the classroom bursting with patterned borders on the bulletin boards and bright colorful posters/word walls/anchor charts?

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The best learning environment should be all about flexibility and diversity, and student-centered. But this requires plenty of resources – and clearly, not all schools have the means or the possibilities to redesign all their classrooms, instantly. The post How to redesign your classroom on a budget appeared first on NEO BLOG.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

However, despite the obvious need to better prepare teachers to deal with classroom management, only 42% of teacher preparation programs offer significant feedback to their student teachers in this area, according to this 2016 paper by the National Council on Teacher Quality. Instead, bring them to sit near you or in front of the classroom.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Should any person (including the teacher) “own” space in the classroom? Cajon Valley Union School District is systematically transforming classrooms, but the journey from vision to purchase order is not always in a straight line. Yet our classrooms still favored teacher desks and bulky tables and chairs. What it was like.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

The transfer of power and time is apparent as the learner is in the driver’s seat. I pulled the following from the blog of Jennifer Gonzalez , who profiled the work of Tracy Enos in this area: A playlist, an individualized digital assignment chart that students work through at their own pace. Here is the difference. See the difference?

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

For most of their education, my students have spent their days in classrooms where the teacher was the primary source of information. They’ve been conditioned to sit in assigned seats, take notes, and listen quietly. School, we do not have a seating chart. Marika and I rarely stand at the front of the room and talk.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2017

Beneylu is a K-8 online learning platform that puts critical classroom applications, resources, activities, and games in a secure online universe that is accessible to parents, teachers, and students. The brightly-colored friendly Beneylu platform provides a web-based classroom with intuitive learning resources and student-friendly apps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Suzanne Creswell on episode 244 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Her expertise is really helping us understand the unique learners in our classrooms. Certain ideas are needing to be presented to the classroom. We’ll do planks in our classroom.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Back in my school days classrooms were pretty standard: double desks with a small built-in space for your backpack, the teacher’s desk at the front, a blackboard, a country map, two or three hanging pots with leafy green plants and a waste basket. Regardless of the learning activity, students had to stay put all day long, in the same seat.

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Tech Helpful

AUGUST 4, 2017

A few years back I "did the edtech circuit" talking about best practice of classroom management of devices. This blog post is a repeat for iPad users but I'm now adding ideas for chromebooks because we are doing a 1:1 chromebook rollout for them this year. Seating arrangement. I've seen teachers own this.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Teachers are talking about making their own music in their classroom. I’ve got my 10 year blog-a-versary coming up the first week of December. I’ve got my 10 year blog-a-versary coming up the first week of December. Top Blog Posts for Teachers. Top Blog Posts for Teachers This Week https://t.co/SD7DDodhAJ

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 28, 2018

Lindsay George on episode 321 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Sometimes I’ll be in her classroom coming up with things or researching things to do. She’s been very flexible. I’m lucky that she’s flexible and she loves teaching.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 15, 2018

Kate Dobrzenski on episode 274 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Let’s find something flexible, something stiff, something shiny, something smooth. Then we hang a vocabulary word like “flexible” or “waterproof” or something like that on that experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

” Games remind kids of days when they chose their own seats, worked at their own pace, and responded to their own interests. As early as Kindergarten, kids are stuck into classrooms where play is replaced with rote drills, repetition, and growing boredom. GameSalad is one of several on this list that focus on classroom use.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

Sandra comes into the classroom before you can step outside to greet her, and she immediately starts telling you all about her weekend as she hangs up her backpack. Instead of getting to the root problem of Jordan’s morning, you take Dan and Jack outside to be able to discuss the appropriate way to enter a classroom and let them try again.

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ExcelinEd

JUNE 10, 2019

Thanks to the leadership of Senator Jeff Bridges and Representative Shannon Bird, and the work of Colorado Succeeds, this next generation learning program will expand innovative learning opportunities for high school students and remove seat-time funding barriers for participating schools. Addressing Seat-Time Requirements and Funding.

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N2Y

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

They also have the huge responsibility of planning comprehensive and differentiated instruction for a few dozen new students while working to maintain a healthy, safe classroom environment. Options in the classroom create a sense of empowerment. Choice helps with behavior management, internal motivation, and classroom culture.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

No more just showing up for class and meeting the seat time requirements. In fact, because CBE is grounded in outcomes, seat time becomes irrelevant as students demonstrate mastery at their own pace. Blog Posts —advice about ESSA, the buzz about VR, and how to teach with Snapchat. D2L's Resources for Teaching and Learning.

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Tom Murray

MARCH 3, 2016

The average high school classroom, if drawn on a map, resembles a cemetery. Learning spaces designed for collaboration have flexible seating arrangements, comfortable furniture, and are agile enough to be reworked in a short time period. Whose classroom is it anyway? This post is sponsored by Samsung. Have you asked?

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2017

Kristy implemented flexible seating into her classroom, which allows students to sit in a more relaxed environment as opposed to sitting in rows. Seats that allow for natural movement, such as stools that move, are also helpful for children with attention issues. Her classroom has become a model for others to follow.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Natural light has been shown to have such a significant impact on students, from cortisol levels to test scores, that many have concluded that windowless classrooms should be avoided wherever possible. The traditional classroom design does not allow educators to implement varied instructional strategies easily. 5 Be flexible.

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