Teachers and their students take on the challenge of re-imagining the classroom
When Inquiring Minds asked teachers to envision the physical C3 classroom they told us:
- I don’t see desks
- Computers surrounded by kids some standing, some on high stools on the periphery of the room
- Smart-boards in use
- Little pods around the room, students standing or sitting
- Lots of print resources displayed in interesting ways on the walls
- Groups of students sitting on pillows, leaning in, engaged in discussion
- Huddled groups, conducting research
- A group of excited kids talking with me about a discovery they’ve made
- Lots of activity
- A hum of excitement (not quiet, but not noisy)
- Student anchor charts hanging on the walls to help kids to start conversations
- Models and examples of thoughtful, reflective student work in plain view
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