As part of my M.Ed capstone project, I have decided to start this blog. My goal is that teachers and educators from around the world will share ideas on how to reshape classrooms and restructure thinking about what education looks like.
My capstone is about open-concept classrooms and the differentiation that goes on in them. I want to be able to show that this type of classroom can work and that students do learn in it. Whenever I mention my ideas and opinions to my colleagues, I get the groans and the nay-sayers. They all seem to think that the open classroom is a horrible idea and that it will never work. Their reasons for this thinking range from: "there is too much noise and no control" to "I don't have time to set one up, it will never work".
My goal is to prove them wrong.
Starting now, I will be planning out my classroom for next year. I want to think about how it will look, what we will do and what will go on. I have been experiementing with the concept a bit this year, and I plan on interviewing my students for their ideas and input before leaving for the summer.
If anyone out there has had any experience with this, or has any ideas, please let me know! Any comments (positive and negative) are more than welcome.
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