Creating an environment for learning We have spent a good amount of time thinking about what our ideal classroom would look like and surprisingly this is actually the first time I have thought about it. I have always planned on being a phys. ed. Teacher but never thought of the gym as my classroom. But I have definitely learned something’s that I feel are important to creating a successful learning environment. The first is that I would have the students moving around from the beginning of class different activities would be set up during the class for students to do while everyone is getting changed. Attendance is usually where the most time is wasted sitting around and at Henry Munro they have the dot system that help prevent that. All the students are assigned a dot on the gym floor numbered 1-90 and when the whistle is blown everyone needs to go to their dot for attendance. This saves the teacher a ton of time when you only have to check the dots that are not rather than all the dots that are. If I were in a traditional classroom I would like my class to be as active as possible with minimal sitting. I recently learned of a company that manufactures standing desks for students (see video). This will keep students active and moving while working and will keep a greater number of students engaged. Another thing that I would want in my classroom are walls that were completely covered by whiteboards or painted with chalkboard paint so that my students would be able to write a map out all their ideas no matter how big or small. This will allow for great collaboration between students and for them to be able to get as creative as they want to be rather than just sitting at their desks working individually. The problem we as educators will know doubt run into is cost, all these ideas that we will come up with will cost money and if they are not within the mold of the board then a lot of our innovative dreams will be crushed. We will need to make sure our classrooms are conducive to optimal learning for students and as we have all learned that means no rows for our students. If possible circular desks would be ideal, we could also set up single desk is groups of 4 in squares or an L shape allowing for collaborative work to be done.
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