The document discusses how traditional 19th century classroom designs are no longer suitable for 21st century students. It proposes improvements like creating a thought-provoking environment through vibrant colors, flexible furniture, technology integration, and teaching styles that increase student interaction. Specifically, it recommends changing chairs and wall decorations cheaply, using semicircle seating to promote discussion, and drawing inspiration from Google's innovative office designs that stimulate employees. The goal is to make classrooms as lively and provocative as environments designed for children, in order to keep students engaged.

1. The
Perfect
Classroom

2. Problems with Today’s
Classroom
 19th century classroom design for 21th
century students
 Classrooms are built for lectures not learning
 Technology is advanced, but classroom
design is lagging behind
 Lack of flexibility
 Lack of connection between students
 Boring environment

3. How to Improve
1. Create a thought provoking room
2. Flexibility
3. Technology use
4. Change teaching style
5. Increase interaction between students

4. The Physical Classroom
 There are 2 cheap and easy ways to improve
the classroom’s aura
1. Change the chairs
2. Decorate the walls
3. Change the seating chart

5. Why we should
have vibrantly
decorated
classrooms

6. Google
 All of Google’s offices are designed in a way
to bring forth innovation
 Their designs are thought provoking
 The colors are vibrant and lively
 People are awake and excited to be at work
 They created a fun and cool environment

7. Children
 Children are placed in rooms with various
colors and designs in order to develop their
minds and to provoke thinking. This strategy
should be used for students as well, to help
keep them lively and attentive in class.

8. The Chair
Today’s Chair
 Old
 Cheap
 Uncomfortable
 Small
 Unmovable
 Ugly
 Boring
The Perfect Chair
 New
 Vibrant Colors
 Thought Provoking
 Comfortable
 Easily transported
 Space for
books/computers
 Aesthetically pleasing

9. What is good about this chair?
 Comfortable arm rest
 Big enough table for a
computer to fit
 Place to put backpack
 Wheels for flexibility
 Lightweight
 Colorful and lively

10. Walls
Today’s Walls
 Bland
 Boring
 Makes people tired
just looking at it
The Preferred Walls
 Colorful
 Designed
 Thought provoking
 Very cool

11. U Shaped
Classroom

12. Teaching
 A good teacher is one who leads the
discussion not teaches it
 Students learn best when they figure it out
themselves
 Teachers need to provoke communication
between students and innovative thinking

13. Semicircle shaped
seating

14. Classroom seating
Normal seating
 Made for lectures
 Lack of interaction
between students
 Decreases a
students intellectual
curiosity
Semicircle shaped
seating
 Promotes student
expression
 Enhances the classroom
aura
 Involves entire class into
the discussion
 Helps make the students
feel more important by
being able to voice their
opinion