Moving education hosted a design workshop at Bridge 21. Students went through a design process to create their own ideas for bringing movement into the classroom

1. Student design workshop

2. At Bridge 21,
the students tested out and
gave us their expert user
reviews on the latest classroom
furniture

5. Students spent 15 minutes at each
of the 4 testing stations where they
undertook a set task such as
origami, a quiz or drawing.
They then evaluated how the
furniture met their needs

11. Accelerometers were used to
scientifically measure their
movements while working

13. Students then went through the
moving education brief design
process to create their own ideas for
a more active classroom
Collect, Curate, Create and Critique

14. COLLECT
Students explored how the
furniture and its layout can
indicate the type of movement that
will happen in a room

16. What type of activities happen in
your classroom?
Is your classroom easily adaptable
to all of these activities?

17. Students discussed the pro’s and
con’s of movement in the
classroom with a moving debate

20. Students were introduced to the
latest classroom products by
Industrial designers
themselves including the designers
of ‘Optimo’

24. CURATE
moving education student design brief:
Each group chose a challenge of
designing furniture, a media device, a
teaching style or a community
exchange to enhance movement

27. CREATE
Following the group
brainstorm,they began to sketch
and build 3d prototypes of their
idea

31. CRITIQUE
Students presented their concepts
to the group and reflected on what
they learned in the workshop

35. moving education
would like to thank Bridge 21 for
hosting us and the students for
being wonderful participants
Keep on moving!