Come on in and have a look! Explore physical space and examine its impact on student achievement. Tour my classroom and learn about how I made decisions about its set-up. Find out how the physical environment helps support student learning, and how this environment continues to change based on student needs. Learn about how a similar environment can work in different grades, and what these environments may look like. Topics of self-regulation, differentiated instruction, and “the environment as the third teacher” will all be discussed.
Audience: K-8
Resources:
- Aviva’s professional blog, class blog and on Twitter (@avivaloca)
- Ministry docs: Edugains Capacity Building Series Environment as the Third Teacher
- Grade 1 tour video
- Grade 5 tour video
- Changing design video
- Natural Curiosity website and free downloadable book
- Aviva’s blog post on curriculum as more than a checkbox
- Educators: KinderFynes, FirstGradeLori, Kinder-Explorers, Kristi Keery Bishop, Michelle Horst
- 105theHive (K-12 Internet Radio), Andy Forgrave