Maryknoll School Hawaii ensures that students have access to the very best learning facilities by investing in productive learning designs and renovation.

1. Maryknoll School
21st Century
Learning-Scapes
Renovating Maryknoll Classrooms into
Learning-Scapes to Inspire Learning

2. Traditional desks in rows
Teacher Chalk/White Board
Traditional isolated Classroom
“As is”Classroom Lengths
Hard Chairs/Tables
Set Table Rows or Groupings.
No Touch Surfaces
One Space for All
Teacher Presents to rows
Floor space for desks
Random Height Furniture
Single Elevation Spaces
One Size Fits All
No Leverage for Environment
Stationary/Pointed in Single Direction
Sustaining Tradition Initiating Change Progressive Transforming Transformed
Extensive Horizontal space
Vertical Writing Surfaces
Thread Spaces
Articulated Focal Lengths
Soft Furnishings
Mobile Furnishings
Fabric or Absorptive Surfaces
Acoustically Isolated Study Areas
Large Group Presentation Spaces
Open Floor Spaces
Adjustable Height Furnishings
Ground Plane Spaces (Elevations)
Multiple Sized Spaces
Access to Exterior Environment
Spaces that Encourage Movement
21st Century Learning-Scape Design Rubric
Strategies for a Variety of Learners Simultaneously Rather than Forcing Students to Utilize Only One Instructional Strategy

3. Learning-Scapes Offer Our Students:
State of the art technology featuring touchscreen Smart
Boards, sound enhancement, desktop and laptop
computers and environmentally sound products
Learning-Scape layouts:
-are flexible
-considers personalized
learning style
-utilizes entire space for
student use
-Incorporates color, lighting,
elevations, environment
-offers a totally new look
and feel for students

4. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2008

5. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2011

6. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2012

7. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2013

8. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2014

9. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2015

10. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2015

11. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2016

12. Maryknoll School 21st Century Learning-Scapes
Summer 2017

13. Colors and Textures:
-Inspires learning
-colors derived from the
landscape in Hawaii
-makes the rooms feel larger,
while providing personalized
collaborative spaces

14. Learning-Scapes Provide:
-group collaboration or personal
performance opportunities
-mobile pedagogy, allowing the
instructor to work & teach from
anywhere in the room
-collaborative work stations
throughout the room using wall
writing surfaces
-flexible spaces for varied
learning styles

15. Furniture and finishes:
-sustainable finishes for student
satisfaction
-all classrooms produce low VOC
-many existing furniture items are
tastefully recycled for student
awareness
-low mercury lighting
-use of natural products
-patterns in design used to mimic
the learning landscape

16. $80,000
Converts a Classroom into
a
“Named”
Learning-Scape
Thank you for your consideration.