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