This document discusses the importance of designing learning spaces to promote collaboration and 21st century skills. It emphasizes that the design of a space informs the type of teaching and learning that takes place. The agenda includes discussing why spaces should be for learning rather than just classrooms, examining design elements that work, and sharing examples of the Swigert Internet Cafe, which was created as a flexible space to support students, teachers, and the community. Effective learning spaces are described as being adaptable, social, and stimulating places that support various activities, technologies, and learning styles.

1. 21st Century Learning Spaces:Form Follows Function Derek Swanson21st Century Skills Coordinator Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy Form follows function. It seems obvious but is often forgotten: teaching and learning should shape the building, not vice versa. This session will help to rethink what a learning space should look like to promote collaboration.

2. Agenda 5 minutes- Why it should be a learning space and not a classroom. 15minutes-Design Informs Intent. Visual samplings. Discussion of what works in participants classrooms. 5 minutes- Third Place 10 minutes- Swigert Internet Café 5 minutes Effective Learning Spaces http://tinyurl.com/21stcenturyspaces

3. Learning Spaces Space as an agent of change. “Learning occurs in classrooms (formal learning); other times it results from serendipitous interactions among individuals (informal learning). Space—whether physical or virtual—can have an impact on learning. It can bring people together; it can encourage exploration, collaboration, and discussion. Or, space can carry an unspoken message of silence and disconnectedness. More and more we see the power of built pedagogy (the ability of space to define how one teaches).” -Diana G. Oblinger, Educause

4. At a cafe Is learning taking place?

5. Based on what you see, what kind of teaching will take place?

6. Design Informs Intent When a learning walks into a room, they have a notion of what type of learning is about to occur based on the layout of the room.

7. Based on what you see, what kind of teaching will take place?

8. Think about the places in your school What do the classrooms around you look like? What perception are students having when they walk into your room? Are the classrooms in your school set up to support collaborative learning or are they set up for lecture? What could you do in your classroom to support 21st century learning?

9. Based on what you see, what kind of teaching will take place?

10. Based on what you see, what kind of teaching will take place?

11. Based on what you see, what kind of teaching will take place?

12. Based on what you see, what kind of teaching will take place?

13. Hallways How much of a student’s day is spent transitioning through halls? How much of a student’s school year is spent? Hallways account for 10 and 25 percent of space in a school. How can you make halls learning spaces?

14. Funding the Creation of Space Over the next three years, federal funds via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the form of grants and bonds will be dedicated to the creation and redesign in K-12 schools that support learning, as well as provide for green initiatives. http://www.ncef.org/school-modernization/chart.pdf

16. Highly Accessible

18. Parents to be trained on technology their students use.

19. An opportunity for students to have technology to do their homework.

20. Opportunity for students to stay afterschool for homework and other technology opportunities for student achievement growth and also not go home to an empty home.

21. Great place for staff development.

22. Great place for community meetings.

23. Great place to market school to newly located military families.

24. Great place to promote STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

26. Swigert Internet Café

27. Swigert Internet Café

28. Swigert Internet Café We hope that students and staff will be able to intermingle during professional development times. Breaking down artificial barriers between teachers and students in terms of training will give confidence to all involved.

29. What makes a learning space effective? List 1: 1. Adaptability: spaces that support people, activities, and change, while keeping pace with a multitude of learning and teaching styles (including people, technology, and furnishings) 2. Social: spaces that support collaboration, interaction and engagement 3. Healthful: spaces that promote safety and physical well-being of students, faculty, and staff. 4. Sustainability: spaces that are environmentally responsible 5. Resourceful: spaces that support long term efficiency and use of assets 6. Stimulating: Spaces that attract people and spark creative thinking From: Best Practice in Learning Space Design: Engaging Learners| Grummon http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/BestPracticesinLearningSpaceDe/163860

30. What makes a learning space effective? List 2: 1. Flexible – to accommodate both current and evolving pedagogies 2. Future-proofed – to enable space to be re-allocated and reconfigured 3. Bold – to look beyond tried and tested technologies and pedagogies 4. Creative – to energize and inspire learners and tutors 5. Supportive – to develop the potential of all learners 6. Enterprising – to make each space capable of supporting different purposes. A learning space should be able to motivate learners and promote learning as an activity, support collaborative as well as formal practice, provide a personalized and inclusive environment, and be flexible in the face of changing needs. From: Designing Spaces for Effective Learning: A Guide to 21st Century Space Design | JISC http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/JISClearningspaces.pdf

31. What makes a learning space effective? List 3: A learning space is designed around the needs of people, where the process of learning is considered "active, collaborative, and social." 1. Support multiple types of learning activities 2. Enable connections, inside and out 3. Are flexible 4. Accommodate information technology 5. Design for comfort, safety and functionality 6. Reflect institutional values From: Leading the Transition from Classroom to Learning Space | National Learning Infrastructure Initiatives http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NLI0447.pdf

32. Design Informs Intent Create spaces that allow learners to be creative and participate in groups. Start small. Have a shared classroom act as a learning laboratory and alter design. As you use design to change the intent of the class, pedagogy will follow. Look for places, “nooks” where learning can take place. Alter the space to promote learning. It may be something simple like Idea Paint to provide space to collaborate.