{"id":63161,"date":"2018-04-07T13:46:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T17:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=63161"},"modified":"2018-04-07T13:47:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T17:47:32","slug":"innovative-classroom-furnishings-encourage-creativity-and-collaboration-harper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/04\/07\/innovative-classroom-furnishings-encourage-creativity-and-collaboration-harper\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative classroom furnishings encourage creativity and collaboration [Harper]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationdive.com\/news\/innovative-classroom-furnishings-encourage-creativity-and-collaboration\/520667\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Innovative classroom furnishings encourage creativity and collaboration<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from educationdive.com by Amelia Harper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationdive.com\/news\/innovative-classroom-furnishings-encourage-creativity-and-collaboration\/520667\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63162 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/InnovativeClassrooms-April2018.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/InnovativeClassrooms-April2018.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/InnovativeClassrooms-April2018-150x71.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/InnovativeClassrooms-April2018-768x363.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dive Brief:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teachers in Long Island&#8217;s Baldwin Schools have been invited to apply for funds to redesign their classroom space as a way to encourage innovation and are reinvigorating their own personal teaching styles along the way, <a href=\"http:\/\/hechingerreport.org\/using-creative-classroom-design-to-promote-instructional-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Hechinger Report.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ann Marie Lynam, a middle school teacher who works with students ranging from those with special needs students to the academically advanced, finds that a multifunction, mobile classroom with a variety of comfortable seating options has forced her to become more innovative in her teaching style and encourages collaborative efforts that rely more on conversation and less on technology.<\/li>\n<li>Tricia Wilder, a kindergarten teacher at a nearby school, redesigned her space with flexible seating and a \u201ctheater nook\u201d that encourages creative play and has also added more technology to the classroom to facilitate individualized instruction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovative classroom furnishings encourage creativity and collaboration &#8212; 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