Innovate your Learning Commons

Qatar Foundation Schools District

Daniela SilvaDistrict 21CL Coordinator

http://bit.ly/1oOoKfn@nyd17 & thebigredpepper.com

Ecuador

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Acknowledgements

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Ridgewood High School, NJD. Silva 2016

remote or online education

tutoring

collaborationcontent creation

meetingsreading or study

Information technology

Think - Puzzle - ExploreA routine that sets the stage for deeper inquiry

1.What do you think you know about Learning Commons?

2.What questions or puzzles do you have?

3.How can I help you explore this topic?

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The Four Learning Metaphors

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David Thornburg - Prakash Nair

Modalities of Learning● Independent Study● Peer-to-Peer tutoring● One-on-one learning with teacher● Teacher lecture● Team collaboration● Project-based learning● Distance learning● Learning with mobile technology● Student presentations● Internet-based research

● Roundtable discussions● Performance-based learning● Interdisciplinary study● Naturalist learning● Art-based learning● Social-emotional learning● Design-based learning● Storytelling● Team teaching and learning● Play-and movement-based learning

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Learning spaces assessment:The best spaces for various types of Learning

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Single Learning Studio

Classroom that is consciously redesigned to increase the number of learning modalities that can be accomplished within its foir walls.

Learning Suite

Combination of two or more learning studios by removing out the barrier (wall).

Small learning community (SLC)

School-Within-A-School, is a form of school structure that is increasingly common in American secondary schools to subdivide large school populations into smaller, autonomous groups of students and teachers.

Shifting the Center

Teacher’s desk in his or her classroomNo opportunity for two or more classes to work togetherDepartment officesSome double classrooms, where two classes can work together, on

the campusLearning communities replace classroom clusters (personalized

learning)Grade level (or vertically grouped) classroom clusters where

teachers and students all are based for at least 80% of their class time

Teachers’ desks located together within the classroom clusterDouble classrooms or equivalent space to every classroom clusterDedicated interdisciplinary teacher office space within the learning

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Teacher-Centered,Content-Oriented

Leaner-Centered,Personalized

Before / After and More...

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See - Think - Wonder

What do you see?

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What are you thinking about as you look at these images?

What wonderings (questions) do you have about these images?

The Changing Role of the School Library

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A Traditional print resources available both in the library/media center and distributed throughout the school

B Multimedia displays capable of sharing real-time information

C Learning breakout and peer tutoring spaces

D Wired and wireless network available across the campus

E A variety of comfortable soft seating like beanbags and couches

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New South Wales Government, AU

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Information Access Before and After the Internet

Where are the people? Where are the recorded Ideas or Text?

Pre-Internet Era Looking for things to read in person at the library

At the library, bookshop, newsdealer or record store

Internet Era Using their computers and handheld digital devices to access the Internet; physically freed from the need to be at the library

Online - available for free or to be purchased by individuals or libraries: library copies accessed with member-only intranet services

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Future Ready Library - Make it Happen!

Decentralization of some library resources. (Classroom-based mini libraries)

Develop casual reading spaces in the library so that they are inviting and comfortable.

Call for two teachers to volunteer to use the library instead of their classrooms to team-teach

Distribute library resources throughout the school - particularly in commons areas so that reading can happen anytime, anywhere.

Redesign your library interior to incorporate a multimedia recording studio.

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Underused spaces● Da Vinci Studio● Espresso Studio● The Maker Lab ● Jamie Oliver Studio ● Black-Box Theater

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How is your school (facilities) supporting 21st Century Skills?

Image Source: http://www.autohomeboat.com/everett-public-schools-foundation

Thank You

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