Below is the information I "brought" to my groups first meeting:
Interactive WhiteBoard/Promethean Board
Digital Projector
Audio/Visual System
Student Response System – “clickers”
Teacher computer/laptop
1-to-1 issued iPads/tablets/laptops
SmartBoard Tables (Awesome!!)
Digital Cameras/video cameras
Internet connectivity
GPS access (cell phone/system)
Use of technology
·
Class blog
·
Skype
·
Wiki
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Student Work Publishing Options
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Cross curricular tasks/projects
·
Geo-caching
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Kodu/Scratch/Alice/NetBeans
·
EduBlogs.org
Spaces (http://www.next.cc/journey/discovery/21st-century-classroom)
- Idea Space
- Visualization Space
- Fabrication Space
- Presentation Space
http://processofliving.com/2013/01/23/21st-century-classroom-design/
ROOM PLANNING WEBSITE TO CONSIDER:
http://www.kaplanco.com/resources/floorplanner.asp
Other things to consider
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Professional Development for the teachers/staff
After our initial meeting we added to my original list and added more specific ideas to it. I was very happy with what we decided to include in our room. It seemed like we were all on the same page.
Here is the outline from meeting 1:
ASK and IMAGINE
Constraints:
Size
25 ft x15 ft
12 students (MN statutes
require 30 sq feet per child)
Grade Targeted
3rd grade
Workspaces:
(http://www.next.cc/journey/discovery/21st-century-classroom)
Teacher’s Space
Filing Cabinet
Small Rectangle table
Additional Group/intervention workspace
U-shaped Table
Chairs
Portable Hanging File
Cabinets
Storage
Cube Shelves for
school supplies
Built in cabinets
Shelves
Divided
into table groups with bins for each subject
Idea/ Visualization/ Fabrication Space
Furniture
Round or
hexagon tables
Easily cleared for labs and building
Six functioning “pop-up outlets” at each
table
Chairs
with storage on back
Technology
Charging Cart
Lockable
Portable
Protect Chome Books
from normal classroom activities
Presentation Space
Furniture
Carpet
Small
Teacher workstation with plugins
Technology
Smartboard
Student
response clickers
Intercom
system - speakers/microphone
Classroom Library
Furniture
Shelves
Book Bins
Couches/Chairs
for independent reading or group work
Wall Space
Windows
Window growth experiment
boxes
Sink
Anchor charts/posters
with 21st century skills
White boards/cork boards
Swing in doorway/ “Medium” trampoline for
KYLE
Other Specifications
Teacher: Laptop that is compatible with Chrome Books
Students: 1:1 Chrome Book (goes home on days with homework)
Highspeed wifi
Access to software downloads
Resources:
http://www.touchboards.com/smartboards/smart-st442i.html?Source=googleshopping&gclid=CjkKEQjwlIqdBRDy6JSK4Lmn1akBEiQAVa9dPV7p9gp8R_NWZOr29VF6MrVkPzCWA27ioCPPGs9yHv7w_wcB
http://www.kaplanco.com/resources/floorplanner.asp
http://processofliving.com/2013/01/23/21st-century-classroom-design/
Other Brainstorms:
SmartBoard Tables (Awesome!!)
Digital Cameras/video cameras
GPS access (cell phone/system)
Use
of technology
Class blog
Skype
Student Work Publishing Options
Cross curricular tasks/projects
Geo-caching
Kodu/Scratch/Alice/NetBeans
EduBlogs.org
Professional Development for the teachers/staff
Final Reflection of Project:
This was by far my favorite part of my Education Technology class. It gave me an opportunity to practice my own 21st Century Skills (Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Communication). It was my first chance to work with my Mankato Campus counterparts and I loved it. Our ideas complemented each other well, we were all pretty excited and enthusiastic about it, and we are all took our task very seriously.
Because it was not geographically desirable to get together to talk about this project we did our communication using Google Hangout. It was my first experience with this and I really found the tools on it quite awesome. The fact that we could have a document open and more than one person could be typing in it at once was great. We were able to upload pictures and documents to the site to share for ideas. The screen sharing really came in handy when we met the second time because my Sketch Up plan couldn't be shared as a document or video. We actually made changes to the final plan using the screen share. I should Sketch Up and my team could see the changes in real-time. This allowed them to give me feedback and make decisions as a group right away.
Learning Sketch Up was great. At first I wasn't sure if the learning curve was short enough for me to use this software for the project but once I got in there I couldn't stop. It was down right addictive. I found the online "warehouse" of furniture, textures, and build things that I could use in my design which definitely helped make the task less daunting. I know that I will use Sketch Up again. I am not sure I would ever use it for my students because it might be a bit too robust for Elementary School students but maybe not.
Link to JING.
Here is the raw SketchUp File.
To view the SketchUp File you will need to download it. To open it you need to install SketchUp.
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