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Teachers Imagine the C3 Classroom

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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