Frank Becker's List: Innovative Classrooms

• The Physical Space
• current classrooms seldom facilitate 21st century learning
• A study done by the
• adaptable spaces
• Herman Miller Company
• our key constructs that affect student learning; Basic Human Need, Teaching, Learning, and Engagement.
• classroom furniture is easily moved
• ncreased lighting,
• access to internet
• more whiteboard space
• Marc Presnsky describes how students
• desire learning spaces that “allow them to get to know one another, engage in dialogue, work independently or in groups on projects…get or provide private feedback [and] seek a collaborative environment that fosters understanding and learning” (Herman Miller Company, 2011, p. 5-6
• classroom spaces should no longer be static but should be easily adaptable to fit whatever activity or pedagogical method the teacher chooses to deliver that day’s lesson in.
• astly adaptable learning spaces make it easier to engage students by allowing for the quick and easy configuration of classrooms to facilitate different kinds of activities
• 4% more engaged
• comfortable
• conduct group work
• collaboration between students is better
• collaboration between faculty and student is bette
• Learning Studio
• active construction of knowledge and skills.
• mbedding technology into “familiar every-day devices
• An example of this might be having students complete concept maps on a whiteboard or laptop or by having students use StoryTable to collaborate while making a story
• A classroom designed to allow this kind of learning would need space for collaboration to occur, access to the technologies that allow for the creation of artifacts and would look remarkably different from the look of most classrooms today.
• ight also be paper free
• use of laptops and tablets could also allow for students to keep electronic portfolios
• portfolios
• used during parent teacher conferences
• The classroom of the future is a space, both physically and pedagogically, in flux
• teachers themselves should be more open to new pedagogical models and the development of technology as well as be willing to regularly update their knowledge by participating in in-service education and reading current research literature” (2010, p.7).

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