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Most of the classrooms I teach have a whiteboard and a projector. Students can better collaborate in groups of 4.

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Sadly my classrooms are not so very flexible, we don´t have computers in class(in fact we have one computer with a projector for the whole school), students should never use their smart phones (unless I require permission before classes). However, I try to make more flexible, diving the classes in small groups (specially the 13-14 yrs class). Yes, it has inspired me to try to have more flexibility with the other classes too - even though the sixth grade, which the whole class seems to have problems with behavior. I need to say that behavior in Brazilian classes is an issue to be seriously taken into consideration.

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All our Classrooms have interactive tablet board .So that we did all events efficiently .But desk and table not aproprate for colobrative learning environment

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I don't have a 3.0 classroom, but I have an interactive whiteboard and some tablets. The desks are arranged in two large islands which, if necessary, divide into different groups. The possibility of having wi-fi connection facilitates group work for research and helps those who do not have these tools at home

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My class is not organized to use this methodology.
The furniture is inappropriate, computers and Lim are in another room.
We try to do collaborative activities with good results in spite of everything.

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In my classroom we move the furniture to work in small groups but we don't do it as often as I would like to because it takes a lot of time and also we just have one computer so they don't have easy access to informations. Collaborative methods are great and they love a lot to work together but it takes time and we can aproach less subjects as we can aproach in a traditional lesson.

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In my school we have a traditional classroom with one computer

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In my classroom each pupils learn computer and code programs. We use projection system. Usually students are free on lunch time, they are use computer. They are 4rd grade.

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My classroom is the Computers Lab of our school which is equipped with personal computers, one for each pair of students and also with an interactive board.  Collaboration is usually computer and network mediated  and so is interactive but not so much flexible like the one shown in video. After that I think that I have to set up the environment to support efficiently face to face collaboration also.

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I was impressed! In my school, classrooms have a traditional layout. All classrooms are equipped with a computer and wifi, and some have interactive whiteboard. When necessary, my students use their mobile devices.  Although the conditions are not ideal, we try to carry out, in some moments, a collaborative work with our students. My school, for 1st cycle students, has a room of the future. Students love it. But there are still many changes to be made ...

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Relating the video in Module 1.2 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke1bcJ4ONfw ) I think this kind of classroom is only present in "an utopic world", not in real schools in Italy...
I've taught in many secondary schools and this kind of furniture doesn't exist, maybe they just don't spend enough money..
in real group classes you don't always find these  polite students...working collaborately..
On the other hand ..you can often find the so called "classi pollaio"...where you can't use this furniture..because of the size of the room and the large number of students in each classroom...
Then...if this is a 5th year group of students why don't they talk in English since they should have a B2 level at their age?..even the teacher  ...should talk in English in a V year class!
This is just my opinion...

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I have the pleasure and privilage of working in a very innovative school which enables the collaborative learning by creating small class groups, providing technology and furniture. Moreover, the collaboration can be noticed not only among students but also among the teachers who are keen on conducting interdisciplinary projects.

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I have the pleasure and privilage of working in a very innovative school which enables the collaborative learning by creating small class groups, providing technology and furniture. Moreover, the collaboration can be noticed not only among students but also among the teachers who are keen on conducting interdisciplinary projects.

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Środowisko mojej klasy nie jest tak dostosowane do pracy w grupach jak to pokazane na materiale filmowym. Stoliki uczniowskie są przytwierdzone na stałe do podłogi. Posiadam w sali tablice interaktywną, wykorzystuje filmy video zamieszczone w internecie, korzystam z lekcji on-line. Udało mi się ostatnio poprowadzić lekcje fizyki w oparciu o aplikacje na komórkach, uczniowie pracowali w grupach. Wykorzystuje również prezentacje w programie Power Point.
Swoboda aranżacji klasy, ustawienia stolików pozostaje nadal moim marzeniem.

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In my school this kind of flexible and interactive space still doesn’t exist, but it’s being created… so I expect it and look forward to it with entusiasm, because I believe it will bring us so many opportunities to improve the collaborative activities, in a way to make them more user-friendly, manageable, open and pleasant.

Even though I’m limited to a traditional classroom structure, there are many ways and situations in which collaborative learning may be used, and I try to do it and make it meaningful to my students…

We all know that rows of desks facing a teacher’s desk don't usually promote interaction among learners, but desks or tables can be arranged to turn that into a more appropriate environment for students to collaborate. You can do a lot with space and materials… If we simply arrange the tables in a semicircle, that encourages interaction and allows all students to see each other… it’s not easy to rearrange seating each time we enter the classroom, but having three or four students volunteering to do this usually helps.

A well-equipped classroom also needs to include technology tools for teaching and learning. We can spend time discussing which tools to use and how should we, teachers, use them to best serve the needs of a diverse group of learners, wondering how we might use these tools to reshape teaching practices, but for students who have grown up in a digital world, there's no debate. They're already active users of technology outside of school. The challenge is leveraging the opportunities technology creates: technologies effectively facilitate collaborative learning, opening new possibilities for connecting learners and preparing them for a globally connected, information-saturated world.

But collaborative learning won't just happen by placing students together in a flexible classroom, filled of technology and online tools, with a piece of provocative text or an engaging task…

It is also relevant to point out here that, like teachers, students too have to be "prepared" to take on the challenges and opportunities offered by collaborative learning. It cannot and should not take place until both, teachers and students, are ready for the complete shift to another paradigm.

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My classroom set-up isn't flexible and interactive like the one shown in the video. The video inspired me to see how I might make my classroom enviroment more collaboation friendly. Tecnology is a very important support and changes the way we learn and the way we teach. I've only a LIM in my class, but it effectively facilitates collaborative learning.

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My school is quite old, all the classrooms have traditional furniture, but we havecomputers and multimedia projectors in each room. For group work we often use students' mobile devices

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We have traditional classrooms. Most of them have an IWB or a data projector. It is possible to arrange the setting in a different way that would be better for doing collaborative tasks, but it is not so easy as with the furniture in the video.

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Here, we have rather traditional classrooms and class furnishing. Actually, we do have smartboards and internet connection to some extent. Moreover, not less than half of my students own a tablet of their own, which is provided by state for free. Though, I should admit that all these are not efficiently taken granted by students or us. There are more than 35 students in classes, which makes collaboration almost impossible. However, in smaller classes we do our best to do so. I have a ELT preparation class with 15 students. We compose our own memory and study database and sharing on Whatsap and drive modules.

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In my school we have interactive whiteboard in some classes and  wireless Internet in most of them . In my class i’ve an interactive board but at the moment it’s not active because of technical problem.

I use my personal lap top for some activieties, but students can’t use devices because our ICT room is not suitable (5 pc and the classes are of 20 children, the pc doesn’t work they are very old).

We have traditional desks and chairs which difficults a little bit the collaborative environment that I would like to set.

I use to move desks and chairs to create group work . from the last school year I improve a lot group wrk activities and I feel the same as the teacher in the video. The students are more active, they learn and enjoy, they work more too !

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In my school,all classrooms have a computer and a projector. However, if I want my students to use digital tools, we have to go to the library where there is Wifi. Unfortunately, our classrooms don't have flexible furniture and so when students work in groups, they have to move tables and chairs beforehand. My school can't be compared to the one shown in the video. I've already used these and other online tools with my students and they certainly have facilitated collaborative learning. For example, Google Drive.

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In some classes students work in groups, they use tablets. They develop a task and in the end discuss the results for the whole class. In terms of furniture, we do not have the round tables, which would make it much easier.

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In my school we have a traditional classroom with one computer and one interactive whiteboard to about thirty students per class. But also we have three ICT labs.  Since last march, we have one future classroom (FutureWorkLab). Our teachers start thinking about new ways of teaching and working with students in a different way. Collaborative work is not easy to implement, but let's try!!!

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My school is very old, all the classrooms have traditional furniture, we haven´t computer neither multimedia projector. When we want to work in groups we put the tables together and we use the mobile devices. I have used technology and online tools, like social networks, and them effectively facilitated collaborative learning.

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In my school, classrooms have a traditional layout. All classrooms are equipped with a computer and wifi, and some have interactive whiteboard. When necessary, my students use their mobile devices.

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I really liked the idea of teaching-learning presented by the Italian teacher. I think is an inspiring and involving way for our students, in order
to become their own teachers.  I was impressed by the way they could  recreate the furniture pieces according to their needs and types of activities. Unfortunately, our school has not these kind of technological aids, yet.

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Esta sala de aula incentiva a interatividade Entre OS Alunos, um Mobilidade de Cadeiras e mesas São Essenciais; A tela do Computador grande com a Participação dos Alunos Sendo Capaz de realçar o texto.
O púlpito PARA O debate Onde O Público PODE Sentar-se Lado a Lado, transportaram OS Paragrafo Uma Realidade.

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When watching this video, I was impressed and really wanted to have the same situation in my school. Unfortunately classrooms are small and the number of students is high in most of the cases. When I decided to move the tables, I've been told that it's is not correct in terms of safety, as in case of fire students will find difficulties in exiting the classrooms. Anyway, when possible, when I have small groups, and this happens sometimes, since I teach a third language, I ask the student to move their tables, interact and I walk along the classroom providing suggestions and listening to the process of the discussion. They can use the LIM or the PC in the classroom and sometimes I allow them to use their mobiles, when they can't wait for their classmates to finish their research. If the time for the report is too short, I use my blog to have the students' feedbacks.

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My school is really old, so most of the classrooms have traditional furniture. To work in groups we put the tables together. We have Internet connection in all the classrooms, a computer and in some classrooms we have an interactive board. Students are asked to use their own technology in some lessons.  Concerning the video I can’t compare my school to this one. I think that it is easier to assign collaborative work in a modern school even though teachers and students make the school spirit and the space and furniture are on a 2nd place.

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Hello!
My classroom is traditional with a large number of students, but I give classes for project design, which is to challenge my students to look for a problem in the region. From the problem found we define objectives, methodologies and establish partnerships taking into account the solution to the problem.

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If my students should work into their assigned group, I would bring them to the science lab where every group is given a large table and students can freely collaborate while seated around the table. But when discussing a specific topic, I believe that making use of technology in order to put my students' thoughts into writing would indeed be helpful. I would definitely try this idea.

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Every colleague here has his/her own situation. Everybody's desire is to work in a propriate environment for learning. I just can say, I am a happy teacher in a "movable" environment characteristical for the kindergarten environment.

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My classrooms are traditional and very  small, with a greater number of students that they can host.
Nevertheless I often use collaborative learning or by group of 2, or bu putting desks together for groups of 4. In each classroom we have an interactive board but they can't use their own devices. Sometimes I can organize collaborative learning in the computer lab where the students can have access to a PC and to online tools.

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I work in my classroom with collaboration group,its very interesting and my students aims this.My students work in groups and we use argumentative skills like the video.

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My classroom is traditional.
I teach in a primary school. My students are 8 years old. I set the desks U-shaped. Pupils can see each other and watching each other. This facilitates collaborations. Children can work independently as well as in the group.

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In the classroom we have the traditional furniture but with an interactive board. When my students work in group I have to move some tables and chairs.

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My classroom has no flexible furniture like the one shown in the video but I'm thinking I can make it more collaboration friendly creating small groups of 4 desks put together. In my school there is a LIM in each classroom but still a bad Internet connection

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I am impressed by movable furniture .
I worked with students in groups
discipline they teach ( Information Technology) may be associated with other disciplines to gain maximum efficiency and attractiveness for students

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The flexible classroom is a good idea, but the problem is the lack of internet connection (in some classrooms). We sometimes try to promote collaborative learning, but we should plan much better the activities in order to reinforce the skills on our students.

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The educational process in my school is mainly traditional, but we try to make it more appealing and interesting as much as we can. I wish I had such a classroom

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I teach in a traditional secondary school where to change the traditional layout of the classroom and join desks you spend a considerable amount of time and you must leave it as it was. As for the digital tools they are still poor in the everyday work. Each classroom has one computer at the teacher's desk with internet connection. Sometimes collaborative learning is hard because students are still very immature. Watching the video has really inspired me and it shows how technology facilitates collaborative learning

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My lab set-up is different. Students uses some physics lab devices so they can arrange them for the experiment. At times, use of tablets is present in order to check some pre concepts about the topic to study previous the lab practice

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Involve Students in the Process From the Beginning Make Every Space a Space for LearningConnect Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces

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I wish I had such a "flexible classroom"!!! It would help a lot!!! even if I think that if "there is will is a way" that is we could modify the pattern of the desks in the classroom but we are afraid of change. By watching the video I have realized that I should be more determined in reaching my aims.

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Flexible class and technology are inevtiable parts to enchance collaborative teaching and learning.Group works are indeed more enjoyable and beneficial in order to learning to learn but crowded class is the biggest problem to iöplement this method.I try to implement it with projects out of lesson.because to creat a collaborative activity we need time and space.I prefer my students's free time and collaborative web2 tools.My aim is turning the impossibilities into possible

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My school is located right in the center of the city of lisbon, so it has little green space and a small patio not suited to the needs of the students.
However, the classrooms have all 1 computer and there is still for each cycle a coderstudio. A problem is internet, because it does not always work

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The classroom of my school is tradicional, but if we want, we can join some tables and it's possible to work in groups.
We just have 1 pc for classroom. It's possible working with student's cellphone because we have wifi.
I want to develop my knowledge about collaborative learning so I can work with my students in a different way, more appealing

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The video presented is very interesting. I liked the placement of students as the tribune. In my school, the settlement banks is classic and therefore rarely work in groups.

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No, my classroom is not flexible at all. We still have one stage in each classroom. Every classroom has a computer for teacher and  students have some computers (1o-12) at the library and there is only one classroom with computers for TIC taechers.

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This is a wonderful example of how students can become real protagonist of their learning process

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In my school we do have interactive whiteboard in all classes and wireless Internet in most of them. We have traditional desks and chairs . The ICT room is the only room with computers that students can use.

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I love the set-up flexible and interactive classroom in this vid

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My classrooms' set-up is pretty conventional and to adjust it into a more interactive space always demands some precious time to be spent before and after each activity. (Maybe that's one major reason why I don't invest much in this kind of work...)
When it comes to technology, it's quite easy in my school to book a tech-equipped classroom where I can work with my students. It's would be mainly a question of designing the best activities to use it, I guess.
...That's why I'm attending this course.

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Using digital tools we can do collaborative learning. For example sharing students' work in forums o wikis in which students work in small groups

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As shown in the video, having ICT supports is very important and needed to allow students create their own learning. Also, they feel motivated while working and learning with actual ICT devices they use in their daily lives. Flexible furniture can allow different arrangements as shown in the video, to promote team work, class debates, presentations, ...
Unfortunately, the reality in most of the schools (at least the ones in Spain), is of no ICT support (if you have a computer that works fine, you are lucky), no flexible and different arrangement furniture, and although individual students´ desks are movable, the lack of space does not allow you to make different arrangements at the same time
Actually, with the written limitations, I am working with cooperative learning in my classroom, getting the students to enrole and engage in their learning process by building team work and respecting others. It is diffecult, as they first have to learn the social values and roles in team work, but we are doing our best. :-).

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My school classrooms aren't flexible as that one video show us.But my classroom have computers around the room and some tables at the center and we can move this tables and adjust them according the task taht students have to do

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In my school the classroom have traditional forniture. The students sitting in the classroom in rows (as in the bus). When I need to arrange the room for colaborative work we need to move the tables and chairs.

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Unfortunately my classroom is not at all as flexible as the one we've seen on the video. I have 28 students with very heavy, difficult to move around kind of wooden desks. Still, we try to create a collaborative-friendly environment by arranging the desks into groups of four. Unfortunately the groups are not easily changed, so we call these groups 'home teams', and the students are allowed to work in other formations as well.
Another thing that I found really interesting is the fact that there were several active boards in the classroom, one for each group. That seemed to work well for the purposes of group work collaboration.

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In my school we do have interactive whiteboard in all classes and wireless Internet in most of them (the others have cables) but we have to use our own computer, so sometimes the cables get damaged and the board is not used in its full capacity. We have traditional desks and chairs which difficults a little bit the collaborative environment that I would like to set. The ICT room is the only room with computers that students can use.

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I would like to have in class all I want: interactive whiteboard.At this point I have Internet and several computers  obtained as donation.I hope to realize interesting things.

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In my school there is no room like the one that shows the video. We have tables and chairs that we can put together when we want to work as a group. Although it facilitates the type of furniture does not prevent us from implanting the collaborative work. However, we have problems with internet access and lack of technology that hinder collaborative work.

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This is absolutely a dream classroom layout. We have an interactive boards and computers, nevertheless the moveable tables and other pieces of furniture is a great idea. Flexible and interactive classroom is necessary these days at schools.

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I'd say that the classroom circumstances are almost perfect; the tables can be quickly arranged the way the teaching needed them to be;
I have also found Google Docs and Google Drive to be very useful in class.

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In this video, what I have seen before, the classroom was perfect. These technology and the furniture are my dream things what I would have in my classroom. Some years ago I set- up the tables where the students could learn collaboratively. Although, I use the collaborative method in my classroom.  I just ask the students make  groups or put them into groups and they work together. There are a  laptop, tablets, and a projector in my classroom. I use different online tools like kahoot, learning apps, quizzes, quizalize, neared, evernote, google drive, padlet.

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In all our classroom we have smart boards and wifi connection. However, it's sometimes difficult to implement activities one by by since we have at least 34 students in each classroom. I generally get depressed for not using the materials or devices actively. Hope everthing is all well soon for my students and me..

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In my school, the majority of the classrooms have traditional furniture. When students work in groups we join tables. We have internet, a computer and an interactive board in each classroom. Sometimes we use the students’ technology.  The furniture and the technology that appear on the video surely make collaborative learning easier.

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In my classroom I have interactive board, wireless internet access, small and light desks, and I allow my students to use their cell phones or tablets, against the school and state policies.

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In my class there are 28 students. They are 11 years old and there are more males than females. Sometimes they had worked in pair, My school is too conservative about classroom set. But I think that it is better to replace the desks in a different order to simulate a a work in collaboration. My school has an internet connection, but it is too slow to use it usufully while students are working. However I have notice that the students are really interesting in working in group, even so I don't kwow how to create a worksheet whre I can collect observation a reflexion about the way of working and collaboratin fo the students

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In my classroom I have no flexible furniture I have chairs and tables, a computer and a projector and that´s all. When students work together we change and join tables, we improvise flexible furniture. As we have only one computer we can` t use online tools.

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No doubt a flexible and interactive classroom facilitates collaborative learning, BUT most of us don’t work in this ideal scenario. However, we are engaged in a course about collaborative learning, so I believe this learning is possible in other contexts (that can’t, for a multitude of reasons, operate with an interactive and flexible classroom).

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my school has no classroom 3.0 yet. when my students works in a collaborative way we change desks position. it isn't comfortable, but it works. my students are 14's years old and their on-line tools knowlwdge is poor, but they are very curious and everyday they are able to improve  technological skills

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My school is very conservative with regard to classroom set and teaching. The number of students related to the space of the classroom is too large and they can hardly move, or must take care of open windows! What I can do is let them work in 3-4 per group during the lesson, observing and discussing the artworks we are analyzing (I teach History of Art), and share and discuss again their opinion. I can rely only on a LIM (when available)and on a PC. Everything is referred to the teacher.

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In our school we are using the collaborative method in some classes that adopt the flipped class methodology.  We are about to have a 3.0 classroom ready, like the one in the video, to facilitate the movement of the students and their work.
I personally like cooperative working but I think we have to contemplate leaving  moments of reflection to the student . I think students have changed and the learning approach must adapt to their needs. Yes, technology is a valid instrument and I tried to use digital devices every time they fit in my lesson plan. Students like using them and this enhances motivation.

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In my school are the conditions unfortunately not the right ones so that my students can collaborate easily. I have to change classroom a lot and move my things around the whole time. My students used allready google docs, etherpad, mindmeister and other tools and they like it every time!

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I can say I'm a lucky teacher because in my school almost all the classes have individual desks so I can easily move them around the way I need for the activity. I really think it's crucial having an ergonomic dimension in the classroom to achieve your objectives.

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When learning collaboratively traditional structures have to broken up like classrooms. Students can learn in the corridor, the library, the garden as well as at home.

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Luckly in  my school I have a lab that was made from our students both in spaces and in PC's configuration in a collaborative work during last year.
We can use a space for teaching, another for debating in team and another for working with the PCs.

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My classroom has the furniture of flexible classroom that the video shows, but we will soon have a "future room" at our school. However we have an informative and interactive set-up quite complete and available that we can use. I have tried to work in a more inspiring environment of collaboration using for example the use of tablets. And no doubt, the use of technology facilitates collaborative learning.

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Collaborative learning is possible in my classroom and my student like it.It is very important how we manage the class,the time of our teaching,etc.I love it!

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In our school we change the classrooms several times a day. So I don't have the same conditions in every room with the students. My students can use google docs,edmodo,twinspace to collaborate, and they works in the project of eTwinning .

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Flexible and interactive classroom environment can facilitate collaborative learning. Colaborative learning is possible and desirebly in many classroom arrangements. establishing working groups.

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My classroom doen´t count with such wonderfull tables!! We still work in groups and move things around in a way that students can share their knowledge and working skills. It is important the they can also have a good look at the video beam.

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The classrooms where I teach are not so flexible as the ones shown at the video . Nevertheless the school is making an investment now, and works are in progress to build the future classroom, very close to the one show at the vídeo.

Still, if we have some imagination and time we can always do better, and I am still lucky beacause the school is well equipped with video projectors, tablets, computers, and fully covered with wireless, so it is each time easier to adopt teching methods that envolve students where they BYWD, or use the resources from school!

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Not every subject lends itself to collaborative learning bit, whenever it does, I avail of the opportunity to allow the pupils more freedom to learn. I become less of a teacher and more of a facilitator.

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The example of class with flexible furnishings seen in the video is  very convenient and perfectly suitable for group work. Unfortunately, in my school there are only traditional classes to organize and managing the cooperative work is more difficult. Nevertheless, I often use the cooperative work with my students because they like very much and achieve better results. \

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The way we organize the classrooms has a key role in the success of our students.

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To get out of the traditional school, learning/teaching should be flexible, using new technologies, increasing the overall performance of students, making them collaborative people in the classroom.

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A little flexible; we have a good presentation and computer set in the classrooms. And also it is easy to move the chairs because they are mobile and they're not heavy.

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Usually the classrooms where I work, do not have these spaces as flexible as the ones we see in the film.
By chance this year, because I'm developing a learning scenario that has to do for learning (pro-) active, respecting the pace learning of each student, the room tables are prepared to work in group. All students have laptops or hybrids, we use Google Drive to share materials / resources and work collaboratively. Students have the possibility to leave the classroom to move, for example, to the library or to the lab when needed. The working groups are flexible and depend on the work rate of each.
Having more flexible classrooms can help, but I dont think that's essential. In my opinion, it's more important make the classroom dynamics more flexible and promote the involvement of students in the learning process.

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Unfortunatelly, my school doesn't have this kind of furniture and equipment. We work in group rearrangening  furniture for our tasks. After discussing in groups, each groups have time to prepare their findings using some of digital apps like ppt, Glogster, Bubbls.us.
The only downside is not having enough computer to work with.

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All the resources that we've seen makes collaborative learning easyer.

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Wow! I love the furniture. It makes everything so easy when you can arrange it in so many different ways. There are only heavy desks in my school. On the other hand, I have access to the Internet in every classroom, in many classrooms there are loudspeakers and a projector. In one classroom there are notebooks so my students have used them to make posters on the British Royal family and British and American festivals.

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Furniture is very helpful to teach debate skills. Learners need to SEE they are taking personal and group responsibility.
Moreover, lesson time is mentioned as important. Some skills need time! And often we run! This is awful...

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This kind of furniture facilitates collaboration but it´s not essencial. I don´t have it in my school. The tecnology is more importante than furniture and i don´t have it in my school either. It´s a big problem because tecnology motivates students and facilitates collaboration.

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While I'm not currently teaching in a classroom, I did love the phrase that the students were protaganists in their learning. This means, that just like a hero in a movie or book, they are the main character in what they do to achieve. I think this is a great way of looking at collaborative learning - especially as now there is more than one protaganist involved.

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In my school we don't have flexible classroom furniture, the desks are traditional and rather old and shabby, but we decided to arrange them in groups of four to facilitate the exchange of communication and mutual support during teaching. In the past I proposed to small group activities with technological devices and the results were flattering though, I believe that pupils should be prepared and supported a lot during the first approaches with this way of learning and work, to ensure that all work together and take their contribution.

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This video illustrates quite well how the way we organize our classroom in terms of space and even the type of furniture we use can facilitate or hinder collaborative work. Working collaboratively has to do with teaching and learning methods and strategies, but its success also depends on the creation of a collaborative environment.