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“I NEVER TEACH MY PUPILS, I ONLY ATTEMPT
TO PROVIDE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH
THEY LEARN” – ALBERT EINSTEIN
Imagining the Active Classroom(A re-visioning of Serra 318)September 23, 2:30 – 3:30
Serra 318
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Traditional Classrooms:
chalkboard/whiteboard
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ümore whiteboardsünew technologyünew seatingünew light zoningünew windows (January ‘12)ünew blinds (January ‘12)
USD Camino Hall Renovations, 2011
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Flexible “Next” Classroom, Texas Wesleyan
History classroom transformed into “radically flexible room” with four themes: 1) Flexibility2) Sensory stimulation3) Technology support4) “Decenteredness”Furniture suggests informality➠ mobile lectern➠ mobile whiteboards ➠ lounge chairs➠ ottoman with whiteboard topTechnology includes ➠ laptops ➠ iPods
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Lounge furniture and Rubber-Tak bulletin boards for active learning and group presentations
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Creative furniture arrangements for collaboration: node chairs
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Creative furniture and wall-to-wall whiteboards
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Low technology: the Huddleboard
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Higher technology: SMART whiteboards
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Active participation technology: the clicker
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Alternative technology: Twitter feeds in the classroom
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High technology and active learning combined
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Hiperwall system
Ø takes feeds from a number of devices and displays them in real time on a network of display
Ø La Sierra's classroom features 13 46-inch HDTV displays:
Ø display-wall management system
A three-by-three interlaced display wall is at the front of the room.
Four other displays are scattered throughout the rest of the room.
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Hiperwall withTidebreak softwarein practice
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Putting it all together...
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WHAT CONFIGURATIONS OR OPTIONS SUPPORT ACTIVE LEARNING FOR YOUR USD CLASSROOM?
ü Lounge Chairs in a classroom or two?ü Flexible furniture arrangements?ü Decentralizing the instructor?ü Huddle boards?ü Pod chairs?ü Clickers?ü More whiteboards?ü More Smart whiteboards
Discussion of options: Sue Lowery, discussion leader
Questions answered:Mary Whelan, University DesignShahra Meshkaty, ITS