If we dissect the different spaces in which digital media grabs our attention and moulds our activity, how could this affect the way we design our future school buildings? Digital media and physical space, working in harmony, provide a

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Creating Engagement
In The
Classroom Of The Future
Ewan McIntosh

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Digital life is made up
of spaces
7“Six Spaces”: original concept
Matt Locke, test.org.uk

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Digital life is made up
of spaces
7 Data
Group
Watching
PublishingSecret
Participation
Performing
“Six Spaces”: original concept
Matt Locke, test.org.uk

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Digital life is made up
of spaces
7 Data
Group
Watching
PublishingSecret
Participation
Performing
“Six Spaces”: original concept
Matt Locke, test.org.uk

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Learning spaces
could be made up
of spaces
7 Data
Group
Watching
PublishingSecret
Participation
Performing

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Learning spaces
could be made up
of spaces
7 Data
Group
Watching
PublishingSecret
Participation
Performing

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Secret

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Secret
In technology terms, secret spaces include:
text messaging, instant messenger, Nintendo DS Pictochat

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“Make peace
with fidgeting”(The Third Teacher)

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“Make peace
with fidgeting”(The Third Teacher)
The HOKKI stool from VS Furniture
Designed to encourage swivel and swing,
“have you seen this?!” conversations

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Provide niched niches

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Provide niched niches
Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School
“Experiments in the future of reading”with permission

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Provide niched niches
Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School
“Experiments in the future of reading”with permission

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Making a room for one from furnitureVS Furniture & unknown

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Group

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Group
In technology terms, group spaces include:
Facebook, Tagged, Social games like Farmville

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The community
as designer

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The community
as designer

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The community
as designer

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Dynamic objects for
dynamic spaces

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Need a ‘secret’ space or discussion area?
Build one.Stanford d.school
Dynamic objects for
dynamic spaces

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Need a ‘secret’ space or discussion area?
Build one.Stanford d.school
Dynamic objects for
dynamic spaces

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Need a wall in your open plan learning space?
Take one - with holes or solid,
ready to hang from the ceiling

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Publishing

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Publishing
In technology terms, publishing spaces include:
blogs, photo sharing websites, tumblr.com

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Show off learning:glass & augmented reality...
open air learning... learning commons

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School can be the
community’s best
neighbour(The Third Teacher -
let your space be used by everyone, all the time)

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Performance

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Performance
In technology terms, performance spaces include:
World of Warcraft, Second Life, video games

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Play occurs in more
than playgrounds

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Play occurs in more
than playgrounds
School traffic as a playful collaborationYuyu-no-mori Nursery,
Japan

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Play occurs in more
than playgrounds
School traffic as a playful collaborationYuyu-no-mori Nursery,
Japan

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Participation

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Participation
In technology terms, participation spaces include:
live events, markets, trading sites

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Places where theory
is made practice(The Third Teacher)

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Places where theory
is made practice(The Third Teacher)
Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School
“Tilting the project towards completion”with permission

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Places where theory
is made practice(The Third Teacher)
Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School
“Tilting the project towards completion”with permission

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Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School
“Tilting the project towards completion”with permission

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Gever Tulley’s Tinkering School
“Tilting the project towards completion”with permission

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Data

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Data
In technology terms, data spaces include:
data.gov.uk, The Sunshine Foundation, Guardian Data Bank

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How could real time
data on the life of
school be used to
improve it?

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How could real time
data on the life of
school be used to
improve it?
Using real time data on energy production and
consumption to change student and teacher habits.Gullane Primary School, Scotland

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How could real time
data on the life of
school be used to
improve it?
Using real time data on energy production and
consumption to change student and teacher habits.Gullane Primary School, Scotland

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Watching

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Watching
In technology terms, watching spaces include:
television, lectures, TED Talks

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Activities in a
different space
every day

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Celebrate the brilliant
(but rare)
lecture

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Celebrate the brilliant
(but rare)
lectureLecture rooms with three focal points for lectures.
Collaboration during listening is encouraged.
All furniture on wheels to make refocus easy.

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Celebrate the brilliant
(but rare)
lectureLecture rooms with three focal points for lectures.
Collaboration during listening is encouraged.
All furniture on wheels to make refocus easy.

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Creating Engagement
In The
Classroom Of The Future
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