Learning Places & Spaces

Stephen Heppell on virtual and actual learning places and spaces.

http://rubble.heppell.net/places/default.html

Open Learning Spaces: Stephen Heppell’s Rule of Three

http://rubble.heppell.net/three/

open learning spaces: Stephen Heppell’s rule of three: Stephen Heppell is somewhat of a guru when it comes to learning space design and the move to what he terms agile learning environments. In ...

Open Learning Spaces: Should our classrooms be more like coffeehouses?

open learning spaces: Should our classrooms be more like coffeehouses?: There’s been a few coffee connections in what I’ve been reading this week and it’s got me thinking. It started wit...

Flipped Classroom

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Stephen Heppell on learning environments

Getting rid of the desks!

Great blog posts by Stephanie @traintheteacher about rethinking the classroom environment and Emma Winder's learning environments.

Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner | MacArthur Foundation

Classroom Design

Wow twitter is great! @sarahmartin74 just tweeted a link to the Mind Shift website.  Great practical and 'do-able' ideas for classroom designs.  I love the concept of the 'cave', the 'mountain' and the 'campfire!

Further food for thought (quotes from the article):

'Creating comfortable spaces that reflected the world outside of the classroom...'

'Teachers...took a close look at their own homes to see how they work and talk with their families.'

For back to school, reimagine classroom design

Math Movies

Math Movies




Excellent must connect with this project!  Flip that classroom!  As you can probably already tell I've been aggregating ideas on my blog for flipping my classroom and creating innovated learning spaces - this wiki is a neat idea :)

Social Media Ideas

Ten ideas 

Skyping in the classroom

How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia

How to Create Social Media Guidelines for Your School | Edutopia

Flipping the Classroom - Simply Speaking

Activity 4: Writing comments – What you need to know

Activity 4: Writing comments – What you need to know

Master Classroom: Designs Inspired by Creative Minds | Edutopia

Master Classroom: Designs Inspired by Creative Minds | Edutopia

Five-Minute Film Festival: Flipped Classrooms | Edutopia

Five-Minute Film Festival: Flipped Classrooms | Edutopia

Ideas for flipping the primary classroom

 Blog post with ideas for 'flipping' the primary classroom:

Patiently waiting for my copy of...

Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Podcasting

Must get into podcasting!  This weekend is playtime on the iPad!

http://learninginhand.com/blog/make-your-podcast-sticky-infographic.html