Artifact # 9
Classroom Layout—This artifact is a map of how I would like my classroom to look.
Context
During my Elementary Schools and Curriculum class in my block experience
I was asked to make a classroom layout as a part of a behavior management
project. Through working with my home-base instructor in my internship
as well as observing other classrooms, I came up with a layout that I think
would be beneficial to me as well as my students.
Impact
This classroom layout will be useful to me when I am planning out my
own classroom. I can use it to make sure that my students and the
classroom are in the most productive arrangement.
Alignment
This artifact shows that I have thought about how I will arrange my
classroom. Several aspects of the layout facilitate active, collaborative
work, including the way the desks are arranged and the round carpet area
(Tech
Comp 12.4). This layout encourages social interaction, active
engagement, and self-motivation (INTASC
#5).
Since I am paying attention to the layout of the classroom, making
sure that communication is possible, I am sending a non-verbal message
to children that collaboration between students is important and necessary.
I will do most instructing at the front of the room (where the dry erase
board is located). I will use verbal communication techniques to guide
my students in their learning. Also, the computers will provide media
communication with the outside world possible (with email and internet).
(INTASC
#6)