1. Don Orth @finddonorth
@hillbrookilab
Intentional Learning
Spaces
in this Generation
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Hillbrook School!
Director of Technology & !
Strategic Partnerships!
EdTechTeacher !
Instructor and Presenter
2. Context
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1:1 devices (ubiquity, just-in-time access)!
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Dismantling of computer labs!
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Dynamics between teacher and student!
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Mobility!
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Student-directed learning!
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“Airplay” !
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Call for 21st century skills!
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Blended learning
3. Making a space that…
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Complimented the mobility of the iPad!
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Supported design thinking!
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Was multi-functional!
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Supported project-based learning!
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Was accessible to students!
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Allowed differentiation
5. This is how it was
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What was the INTENTION
behind this environment? !
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Is it still applicable?
6. Is this how it is?
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Sue Cain* - inclination to value
extroverts and collaboration!
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21st Century Skills!
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Common Spaces vs. Classroom!
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All or nothing?
What are we trying to do?
What is our INTENTION?
*Quiet: The Power of Introverts
7. Environment is NOT neutral
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Even neutral isn’t neutral.!
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Everything has an impact
whether you intend it or not.
8. How can we be about learning
intentional environments?
9. Affordance Theory
Environment and the stuff in the environment support and
encourage certain behaviors.!
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wheels afford movement!
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whiteboards (and pens) afford writing!
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lighting affords certain moods!
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*Gibson
10. The Idea Lab - An
Agile Learning Space
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Whiteboard walls!
Folding, rolling, whiteboard tables!
Rolling chairs!
No mounted board to indicate front of
class !
Mobile center display!
No teacher desk!
Room Reset!
Minimal wall decoration!
Students have access and permission
13. Affords
No Front
of the Room
Minimized hierarchy!
Student ownership of
prime space!
Student leadership
14. Affords
Room Reset
Intentional classroom design!
Understanding space needs!
Student ownership of space!
Engagement before work starts!
Surprise or “spark”!
Movement
30. Challenges/Questions
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Only good for PBL?!
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Good for all kinds of teaching/learning formats?!
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Good for all subjects?!
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Distracting? Divergent vs convergent thinking?!
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Good for all kids?!
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Good for all age groups?
31. Where might you start?
Before you build, create, design, decide!
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What do you want learning to look like? !
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What kind of behavior and learning do you want to
encourage or afford?!
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What kind of teaching do you want to happen?
32. Hack Your Space
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Retrofit wheels on old tables!
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Tennis balls on chairs!
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Paint tables with Rustoleum whiteboard paint!
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Use shower boards as whiteboard walls!
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Consider intuition and effect of wall decorations!
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Consider “front” and teacher desk!
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Consider giving students choice
*Make Space
33. Hillbrook’s Next Steps
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Introduce iLab components
and philosophy into 3 more
classrooms!
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Original iLab is prototype
MakeSpace!
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Collect data on impact on
student with CPS and other
schools (join the study!)!
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Learning Spaces Summit
(Oct 9-11, 2014)
34. Related Work
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iPadSchools2.com
3-day iPad seminar for schools teams and leadership
Asilomar (Pacific Grove) June 18-20, 2014!
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Learning Spaces Summit
Gathering of educators dedicated to redefining learning
spaces, invitation/application
Schools of the Sacred Heart, SF, Oct 9-11!
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@hillbrookilab @finddonorth
35. How do we collect data
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class observations!
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mini experiments!
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teacher and student surveys!
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video classes!
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edmodo comments!
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movement tracking