First Project!
Today, we were put into our random groups for this semester and given our first assignment!
The project is to think of a creative way to reform the tedious, bland, and impractical classroom right across from ours. Some things to keep in mind are seat placement, convenience, and mood. In our groups, we'll have to think of a creative way to make sure every student feels engaged and alive. For example, my teacher's example of a bad seating arrangement is "The Cemetery Effect". The classroom we're going to help improve uses that exact seating chart, and must be altered!
Mr. Paterson showed us some examples of fresh, ingenious ideas that have been thought of and implemented so far. One example of that is the node chairs. Its features include rollers which make moving around easier, storage space just beneath the seat for space-efficiency, and a plastic shell for maximum comfort. We will make sure to find a chair that is not only cost efficient, but is also comfortable, helps students concentrate better, and most of all INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY!
What stood out to me the most is how original Google offices are. My teacher showed us the insides of some Google offices, and my favorite idea out of them all is to cover the entire wall with whiteboard. This design makes the whiteboard accessible for anyone, anywhere, and definitely gets everyone's creative thinking going! I'd love to incorporate something like this in my reform plan as well.
I'm looking forward to working with my new colleagues (??) and try new presentation techniques Mr. Paterson taught us because they are all classmates that I don't interact with as often! What we learned about having the first speaker be charismatic (the mouth, the one who talks most), the middle speaker be informational (the brain, able to sort out info), and the last speaker be persuasive (heart, touching), was extremely interesting! Also, I'm excited to create and think of logo ideas and catchphrase ideas with my team because I love thinking about design, color psychology, etc.
The project is to think of a creative way to reform the tedious, bland, and impractical classroom right across from ours. Some things to keep in mind are seat placement, convenience, and mood. In our groups, we'll have to think of a creative way to make sure every student feels engaged and alive. For example, my teacher's example of a bad seating arrangement is "The Cemetery Effect". The classroom we're going to help improve uses that exact seating chart, and must be altered!
Mr. Paterson showed us some examples of fresh, ingenious ideas that have been thought of and implemented so far. One example of that is the node chairs. Its features include rollers which make moving around easier, storage space just beneath the seat for space-efficiency, and a plastic shell for maximum comfort. We will make sure to find a chair that is not only cost efficient, but is also comfortable, helps students concentrate better, and most of all INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY!
What stood out to me the most is how original Google offices are. My teacher showed us the insides of some Google offices, and my favorite idea out of them all is to cover the entire wall with whiteboard. This design makes the whiteboard accessible for anyone, anywhere, and definitely gets everyone's creative thinking going! I'd love to incorporate something like this in my reform plan as well.
I'm looking forward to working with my new colleagues (??) and try new presentation techniques Mr. Paterson taught us because they are all classmates that I don't interact with as often! What we learned about having the first speaker be charismatic (the mouth, the one who talks most), the middle speaker be informational (the brain, able to sort out info), and the last speaker be persuasive (heart, touching), was extremely interesting! Also, I'm excited to create and think of logo ideas and catchphrase ideas with my team because I love thinking about design, color psychology, etc.
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