If You Designed Your Classroom, What Would It Look Like?

For today (and maybe for the next few days) I want you to think critically about what learning should look like and be like. While you are moving on to the high school next year, you still have a lot of background knowledge about school here. Here is what I want you to consider:

• What worked for you in the classroom? What didn't?
• What would you have changed? How would you change it?
• What was it that you learned that was really important and needs to continue to be taught?
• What was taught you did not need to learn?
• What furniture arrangements worked well for you, if any?
• How would your dream classroom look? What kind of furniture, technology, ect.?
• How would your dream school look? What would it have?
• What kind of instruction did you learn best from? Do you prefer lecture, reading, worksheets, activities, projects, other ways?

The assignment is  (choose one):

1. Design a classroom, from furniture to curriculum, that you would want to spend 174 days in next year.
2. Design a school that you would want to spend the next four years in. (include classes, common areas, etc.)

I want you to create a physical representation of the classroom/school. I want you to design the classes/subjects you would learn and include major learning objectives for them.

Learning Objectives:

1. Think critically about what would be the best learning environment for you.
2. Design your ideal learning space.
3. Share your thoughts with others.

This assignment was inspired by this post.