{"id":3799,"date":"2012-04-11T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2012-04-11T13:15:06","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T17:15:06","slug":"rethinking-the-classroom-for-connected-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/11\/rethinking-the-classroom-for-connected-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking the Classroom for Connected Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/loozrboy\/3565616674\/\" title=\"Classroom by Loozrboy, on Flickr\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2440\/3565616674_3ec86ddac5_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" alt=\"Classroom\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignright\"><\/a>I\u2019ve always envied K\u201412 teachers who have a regular classroom where all their classes meet. It\u2019s not just that they have a place to keep their belongings. What I really covet is the ability that control of the learning space gives a teacher to set the mood for the course before she ever says a word.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the college classrooms I\u2019ve used are typically bare bones and impersonal spaces. Rows of uniform desks stretch to the back of the room, with a teacher\u2019s desk authoritatively at front and center. Often times the desks cannot be moved. If they are rearranged for group work or into a large circle, they have to be restored to the official arrangement for the next class of students. The usual college classroom is screaming out for a \u201csage on stage.\u201d It\u2019s not designed for student-driven, collaborative activities.<\/p>\n<p>How can a college teacher rethink that standard classroom to make it more like the high school classroom? How can we make the space better suited to Connected Learning?<\/p>\n<p>I think about the answers in <a title=\"Rethinking the Classroom for Connected Learning\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bedfordstmartins.com\/bits\/uncategorized\/rethinking-the-classroom-for-connected-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\">my full post on the Bedford Bits blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always envied K\u201412 teachers who have a regular classroom where all their classes meet. It\u2019s not just that they have a place to keep their belongings. What I really covet is the ability that control of the learning space gives a teacher to set the mood for the course before she ever says a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bedford-bits","category-connected-learning"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-Zh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3801,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3799\/revisions\/3801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}