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Academics
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21st Century Classrooms

In 2014, Dana Hall transformed two learning spaces into 21st century classrooms. The rooms were built to facilitate student and teacher collaboration and connecting in the classroom and around the world. These educational spaces also encourage student-centered, media-driven and personalized learning.
THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM ARE:
  • Comfortable
  • Technology-rich
  • Ample electrical outlets
  • Varied, high-quality, controllable lighting
  • Encourage active collaboration
  • Attention to acoustics
  • Furniture that supports collaboration
  • Offer easy access to teachers and students all around the world
  • Technology that allows students and teachers to extend beyond the walls of the classroom

20th Century 

21st Century


School/habitat

 fixed place global place


Teacher

 one expert expert teacher, coaches, mentors, peers & self


Knowledge

 finite unlimited


Curriculum

 limited by cost; 
textbook-driven 		 open platforms, 
research driven


Technology

 print is dominant;
interactive/static		 multiple media;
adaptive, dynamic


Literacies

 reading, writing 
& math		 +info, media, visual, digital, global, emotional
& physical

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM

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  • Dance

    Favorite Activity

  • Poetry project

    Favorite Assignment

  • Spanish III Honors

    Favorite Class

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  • Francesca

    "In my Literature Composition I class we did a poetry unit before winter break. Our poetry project was in collaboration with a school in Turkey. We created our own websites to display our works of poetry. The last day of school before winter break we were able to Skype with the kids from the school in Turkey, and it was so much fun to interact with students who were so far away. We were able to learn what their school was like, and how their classes worked."
    -Francesca