The Future Classroom Lab in Brussels by Teacher Academy

ANita, Croatia

2017-01-09 16:12:56 UTC

Anita, Croatia

2017-01-09 16:12:57 UTC

What an amazing classroom. This is an ideal modern day classroom. One that I would love to work in. Learning would truly be fun.

Martina,italy

2017-01-09 16:16:46 UTC

What a great maturity,sense ofof responsibility and

Mihaela Ciuchi

ciuchi_mihaela — 2017-01-09 16:21:48 UTC

Wonderful class organization! In this moment I can not physically hold class in 6 learning centers, even though learning activities pupils achieved using investigation, presentation, interaction, etc.The main cause is the lack of space and then the  reduced numbers of IT tools in our school. But in the future I am sure will be possible

Maria Luisa Italia

2017-01-09 16:47:52 UTC

Wonderful class organization!

Simona, Italy

2017-01-09 16:54:20 UTC

I think this type of classes is really futuristic and even though our future generations will be more and more involved in technological gadgets and divices I strongly believe that lots of knowledge, art, sensitivity, freedom of thinking and human relations will be lost. We have to find out a way in the middle. Sorry I know I am old fashion but I send my students towards technology but first of all I must teach them to study, to think, to share and to understand the world arounf them not only through technological gadgets, internet and tablets. Technology must be at our disposal and not the opposite. Unfortunately, in most Italian schools, it is impossible, unbearable, unthinkable to get that type of rooms, classes and devices....

Pietra, Italy

pietra_sellaro — 2017-01-09 17:15:52 UTC

Interesting video for class organization

Laura, Italy

laura_sisa — 2017-01-09 17:23:19 UTC

Interesting video and wonderful class!
Unfortunately I work in a very old and small school...
This kind of school and classroom are a dream!

Alina Popa Romania

popalina21 — 2017-01-09 17:40:34 UTC

This is quite interesting video and perspective to organise our learning/classroom. An active -from all points of view - learning is more eficient than traditional past learning in classroom . And we have the technology for all points of lesson at hand with good managing of learning time. But in present teaching in my country , there aren`t ordinary classes with technological devices. So, almost all are based on traditional ( teache r in front of students-no other helps). Special IT labs are equipped with computers but not all the time we have acces in this area. Kids don`t have their tablets .

Nikoudis Nikolaos/Greece

nikos_2803 — 2017-01-09 17:41:45 UTC

I teach chemistry.

Zdravka, Croatia

zdravkakramaric — 2017-01-09 17:52:03 UTC

This is really a classroom of the future!

Zvonimira, Croatia

zspoljar1 — 2017-01-09 17:53:17 UTC

Classroom of dreams!

Mariarosaria, Italy

2017-01-09 18:00:56 UTC

This would be the classroom of my dreams. Unfortunately in my classroom there are too many students and not enough room to organize them in groups like in the video. Anyway we have access to computers and broadband internet connectivity, so at least we can investigate and research, even if not as effectively as in the future class lab.

Carmela, Italy

2017-01-09 18:08:53 UTC

- Modular spaces
- Opportunities for student to move quietly in class
- Internet terminal
- Corner for self or in small group study
A dream!

Helga, Croatia

2017-01-09 18:18:42 UTC

If we all had this, what would we dream of?

Marijana Dvorski, Croatia

marijana_dvorski — 2017-01-09 18:22:47 UTC

Many preschool classrooms in Croatia are organized in similar way. Learning zones enable students to work and play independently but in collaboration with others. It would be great for students to have similar learning classrooms in schools - it is mentioned in the end of this video: we should make context to enjoy the fun of learning.

Željka, Croatia

2017-01-09 18:39:05 UTC

This is a dream classroom indeed!

Francesca, Italy

2017-01-09 18:41:01 UTC

Interesting classroom organization but not so easy to put in practice in my country with such small classrooms

Ivan Dumitra Mitrica, Romania

2017-01-09 18:44:39 UTC

It is very interesting this organization, but in our school at the countryside there aren`t so many possibilities.But I will fight for a 21 classroom.

Tina M

tinamellos — 2017-01-09 18:48:10 UTC

Tina_Greece

tinamellos — 2017-01-09 18:48:10 UTC

A futuristic classroom organization indeed but not so easy to built as it looks! Our classrooms are extremely small for such a re-organization and laying out.
I would focus on the Interact-Exchange-Develop zones. We want Life Long students and teachers afterall.

Alexandru Biscoveanu, Romania

2017-01-09 19:37:16 UTC

This is what I wish for mu school. Thank you!

Rosa, Italy

2017-01-09 19:41:32 UTC

Wonderful organisation! It's true that I can't organise my classroom in such way, but I could use some parts of it: the investigate and create organisation, for example.

Vlad Eugenia Ioana, Romania

2017-01-09 19:53:41 UTC

I wish a future classroom for my students and I think I will succed because learning will develop also some strategies how to request help from the authorities.

Linda,Latvia

linduxp — 2017-01-09 20:15:53 UTC

I have a pretty big classroom and I have split it into 2 zones. One is for ordinary studies, where teacher works frontally and students listen, work individually, in pairs or in groups. In the other zone we sit in circle and discuss, share ideas and simply communicate.

Vasilis Boskos, Greece

2017-01-09 21:26:36 UTC

My chemistry lab, is difficult to be organized as the Future classroom lab in Brussels. I will be more than happy if I can have a desk with a PC and four students around it. All six different learning spaces will be that desk.

Doina Andrei, Romania

2017-01-09 21:55:26 UTC

In my country we have a curriculum to follow for every study object. At the end, the national exams are focused on that content and not on the student’s skills. So there is not much time for the interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approach. Also, there is a lack of technological tools and other resources. For example, in my school traditional classrooms do not have computers or a smart board. We have computers only in the ICT class and we don’t have tablets or laptops. Classroom layout is very traditional, with students sitting in rows in front of the teacher's desk. But even the learning space is not very big, we can quickly and easily change the configuration of classrooms to facilitate different kinds of activities.

Diego, Croatia

2017-01-09 22:27:13 UTC

Very interesting example of how the future classroom can be.

Annamaria, Hungary

tamex5 — 2017-01-09 22:56:55 UTC

We used these zones few many years ago - without new technology. I hope we can make it again.

Raquel Fernandez, Barcelona

raquelfernandez — 2017-01-10 00:52:36 UTC

I understand the model of the learning zones, and I completely agree with it. I think that we are not used to have students working in different things at the same time, and we need to learn about it.
As a primary teacher, from first and second grade students, I could change the organization of the class into different learning zones. But the main difficulty I see is the question I exposed before, how to organize the work of the students and how to track the quality of their work.
To start with I would focus on investigate, develop and create. Once I would enhance my students on these three skills first. But I also think that exposing their creation is one of the key points. All are important to me!

Fausto, Italy

2017-01-10 02:44:36 UTC

Yes, that is interesting. But, in Italy, we have classes with more than thirty students and rooms are not so large. Beside that most of our schools are old buildings nearly abandoned. If the one in the video is the future, we have very little a chance to be on board at least for a good decade. The same I think that italy is also Leonardo, Michelangelo, Bernini, Caravaggio, Monteverdi so on and so forth.

Anyway, I think that a student transformed into an Alice in the Wonderland may feel frustrated and overwhelmed, so a bit lost. Yes, student-protagonist, maybe also antagonist of himself. Don't know, as for now I'm not so confident with this kind of tendency, too many toys-too little passion in them. Much alienation. I'm looking for something more intrinsically emotional. Emotion should be the thing which makes you learn. So far I'm a developer.. I love technology, and to a certain extent I loved this video, but I need to see the flames of a fire in the eyes of students.

gabriella italy

2017-01-10 05:40:02 UTC

The idea here expressed is very interesting but the spacesin Italian schools are so different! No space with class of 32 students withourt any possibility even to move !

Antonio, Northern Italy

2017-01-10 07:35:57 UTC

The use of learning designer is very important to organize this kind of activities even if in Italy is quite impossible to work in such an interesting way because of the lack of spaces. I consider very interesting the division in different zones

José Ramón-Spain

2017-01-10 08:00:21 UTC

Learning zones is something we use with kindergarten students. We have different spaces and children can go from one to another freely. One space is for pupils to draw, another one is for them to play and a third one is created to have a look at books.

But this learning zones distribution disappears when students are in Primary education. Then we find it difficult due to the number of students we have per classroom

Mihaela, Romania

coman_mihaela — 2017-01-10 08:15:14 UTC

A nonconformist organization of space would lead to a relaxation of students. A friendly room divided into fields would increase the educational efficiency.

Angela, Italy

mariangela_gallo68 — 2017-01-10 09:30:36 UTC

Great organitation!
I have never used learning zones. I would like to use them. I think that this organization of learning activities requires a different organization of school time without the traditional succession of subjects.

Zulmira Magalhães, Portugal

zulmiramag — 2017-01-10 12:15:15 UTC

That’s indeed a wonderful future classroom but in Portugal I think it’s very difficult to have something like that in public schools. Our classrooms are too small to create something similar and the costs would be very high to set up such a room in each school. Perhaps in a very distant future we can get those classrooms!

Maria Natália Couto, Portugal

2017-01-10 12:48:50 UTC

I acknowledge that this future classroom is very useful to get students engaged and to prepare them for the world ahead of them. In my country I think there are 2 or 3 pilot experiments in public schools. For every public school I honestly do not foresee the future happening any time soon in my country. :-(

Evaggelia ,

evaggeliasariggoli — 2017-01-10 13:14:39 UTC

This would be my ideal classroom,although it's extremely difficult to find or organise one here.

Evaggelia

evaggeliasariggoli — 2017-01-10 13:14:39 UTC

Violeta, Lithuania

vilite77 — 2017-01-10 13:35:11 UTC

There is always a possibility to change for the better . It depends on our wish. Good luck, everybody :)

Sara - Italia

2017-01-10 13:58:50 UTC

The idea of Learning zones is great, but not so easy to realize..Classrooms and spaces should be totally transformed!

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2017-01-10 14:14:56 UTC

It is worth trying . Learning Zones is an interesting idea. Continuous improvement characterizes innovation and motivation.

Egido Annamaria, Italy

2017-01-10 14:40:45 UTC

The idea here expressed is very interesting but, in Italy, we have classes with more than thirty students and rooms are not so large

Daniela Chisalita

danielamioarachisalita — 2017-01-10 14:43:38 UTC

Romania

All our Kindergarten classes are divided into areas of interest that runs educational alternative activities ,, Step by step ". Thus, each class has the following centers: Role Play, Literacy, Science, Game Table, Construction, Art, Sand and Water. All areas are equipped with specific materials that are changed depending on the theme of the project implemented. Preschoolers divided into small groups 4-5, they choose centers that want to work, communicate, collaborate in developing the learning process.

Chiara, Genova (Italia)

kyarasar — 2017-01-10 14:59:44 UTC

The idea is great, but so difficult to realize! Our schools are old: we should modify them upside down! For the moment I can imagine just to be inspired by this video. If we participate in contests that ask students to create video or something similar we can work bi Learning Zone as student must research and create, like in the video

Edit, Hungary

tothedit0610 — 2017-01-10 15:18:11 UTC

Fantastic idea and video, though it seems quite futuristic and idealistic for me at the first sight! Itwould be great to teach or learn in an environment like this! I could create similar learning zones in the classroom if the conditions were given: smaller sizes of groups and high-tech appliances. Similar could be realized with more modest facilities and perhaps with less learning zones first.

Maria Luisa Provezza, Italy

marialuisaprovezza0 — 2017-01-10 15:46:38 UTC

At the moment I can’t organize my classroom around learning zones, as the space is not flexible and it is structured as a grid. There are too many rigid desks and you can not change their position as the space left is not much. However, what I saw and learnt is really interesting and I would like to organize these learning zones in my future classroom. I would start from Investigate, Create and Present, as it is the common way I teach. Before doing whatever I think is necessary, I elicit knowledge from my students and begin investigate listening to their suggestionsand considering them important. Then I let them create and present to the other classmates. I would like to learn how to implement the other learning zones which, I think, are the most important ones to permit our students to be independent learner.

Donato Piccinino, Italy

donatopiccinino — 2017-01-10 16:19:38 UTC

The size of the classes do not allow the subdivision in learning spaces that are ideal for a not very large number of students. The creativity of insengnati very often leads to more challenging educational opportunities. I happen to organize classes by changing the arrangement of the desks to facilitate cooperative learning

Anna Bormida

annabormida — 2017-01-10 16:21:09 UTC

Genova Italy
The video has given lots of suggestions.

Thhe space is very big, I have 20 students in 30 m2, 20 desks and chairs, a teacher’s desk and some bookshelves.

We’ve not lot of space to move, It’s quite impossible to create areas that stimulate create, investigate and present. We’ve got a LIM (from this school year).

We can create an interact zone and exchange zone but only for a bit of time.

My challenge will be to create one zone, for instance to investigate.

Adriana Lefter, Romania

lefteradriana — 2017-01-10 16:29:52 UTC

I like it very much. The final sentence ~ enjoy fun of learning~ is the best motto for every children and for every teacher. we can enjoy all these zone in our clasroom, not like in this video, but we can create spaces to explore, investigate and exchange information.

laura,Pagnozzi,italy

pagnozzi_laura — 2017-01-10 17:04:05 UTC

I find it very interesting the division of space and the involvement of pupils who are stressed and become an active part of the learning process, and to contribute to their development. The first high school classes are numerous and the environments are not conducive to a well-defined organization as well, the problem is the nature of logistics and still be rooted in the content of programs.

HALE ,urkey

2017-01-10 17:46:00 UTC

it seems different and enjoyable.
I'd like to try these ,divide the classes zones.I am an english teacher and my motto is english is fun so this learning zones are suitable my lessons .Students feel comfortable in these zones and use language freely..

Tihana, Croatia

t_svoren_kolarec — 2017-01-10 18:29:03 UTC

The set up of the future classroom is great and I think every student would enjoy learning in these types of classrooms. The problem is how to change old classrooms into future classrooms. These kind of changes are necessary but expensive. I work in a school with only four classrooms and every 45 minutes I have to change the classroom. It is difficult to organize work as suggested in these conditions.

Carmen Rodriguez

c_rodvix — 2017-01-10 18:29:23 UTC

Very interesting! It seems definitely a very engaging way to organize the space and the teaching- learning process. Thanks for sharing and expiring us! It would be nice to have a go and experiment with it! :-)

Maria, Italy

2017-01-10 18:41:50 UTC

It' s very interesting ! I like this organization of the space because the students are involved in their learning process.

Maria, Italy

2017-01-10 18:41:51 UTC

It's very interesting ! i like this division of the space because it represents the future classroom and the students are

Dimitra, Brussels

2017-01-10 18:43:43 UTC

I am a Preschool teacher. While reading the information given and watching the video on the learning zones I couldn't avoid thinking that all preschool classrooms are usually organized around interest areas or learning centers. These defined areas allow children to play and explore materials with the guidance of the teacher either individually or in small groups. Skills that lead to reading and writing and math are not confined to specific centers, but rather reinforced in different ways throughout the centers via communication, exploration and play.

Andrei, Romania

Andrei_ro — 2017-01-10 18:49:21 UTC

”Enjoy learning” should become the motto of all new educational processes.
Dividing classrooms in learning zones/areas implies a better way to explore different levels of a lesson at the same time. It also implies a more enjoyable space for the act of learning and the process of teaching - learning.

Alina L., Romania

alina_lazar_02 — 2017-01-10 19:29:34 UTC

I would like to turn my current classroom in a flexible learning space organized around development of the 21st century, a pleasant space for the act of learning and teaching - learning.
Still do not know exactly how many involve material resources, primarily financial ..

Anezina Xydous

anezina123 — 2017-01-10 20:54:25 UTC

Who wouldn't like to go back to school if things were like that.The thing is that nothing depends on teachers only.
A classroom offering such facilities would be an oasis.I think we should give it a try.

Sevastiani Greece

anniroulia — 2017-01-10 21:22:32 UTC

I would love to organize my classroom around learning zones though there are practical problems like the size of the classroom or the technology tools that are missing from schools, and of course the financial problems that schools face. I would focus on PBL zones of investigate, create and present which enhance critical thinking. In my kindergarten classroom this year I am focusing in this kind of education.

Luís Veloso, Portugal

luisveloso — 2017-01-10 21:41:41 UTC

I am an electronics teacher and have the good fortune to teach in environments similar to the future classroom lab.
In my opinion, the biggest constraints that we can find are in educational policies. It is fundamentally necessary to reduce the number of students per class and on the other hand it is necessary to establish partnerships with companies and other institutions on the issue of investment and maintenance of equipment.

Portugal is at the forefront when it comes to technology and its use.

Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy

soleemare_a — 2017-01-10 22:18:21 UTC

I was really astonished by the Future Classroom Lab in Brussels. It would be great to organize my classroom around learning zones but it is quite difficult at present. First of all, the pysical spaces are not large enough to guest the numerous students of a single classroom. Secondly, few schools are equipped with digital tools for each student. Finally, this kind of organisation could adapt to secondary high school pupils because it needs sense of renponsibility from students. Of course I’d like to organize my classroom around learning zones, starting from the students’ involvement and researches to the final development of a project for a real-world application of knowledge and skills.

Dora, Greece

ntanouth — 2017-01-11 08:58:14 UTC

Very interesting organization around learning zones. Unfortunately in my classroom there are too many students and not enough room to organize them in groups like in the video. Access to computers and broadband internet connectivity is only on principal's office, so at least we can investigate and research when the computer is available.

Simona S. Italy

2017-01-11 09:21:01 UTC

This is an ideal classroom where every student is involved and can collaborate with their peers and the teacher. I like the future classroom lab in Brussels, I would reproduce this ideal situation in my school.

Dora, Greece

2017-01-11 09:45:09 UTC

I liked very much the design of the classrooms!!! I think it's very important to the process of teaching and learning!! It is difficult to organize my classroom around learning zones!! However if I could, I would choose the zone of presentations to start out with...!!!!

Boryana, Bulgaria

2017-01-11 10:51:49 UTC

Let we suppose that we can do the classroom like this. It's very important to say - how many students will be working simultaneously in it. If in the school we are 700 students, then how many classroom will be enough to learn without conflict by time to made experiments and ect.

Asun Ara, Spain

2017-01-11 10:58:22 UTC

I had the opportunity to visit The Future Classroom Lab in Brussels, thanks to Nair Carrera who showed it to me and explained the different sections and resources. I really went out of the Future Classroom Lab and wanted to have my own Future Classroom. Since that day, I am thinking about my own English classroom: which learning zones I will design to learn English by paying attention to the different competences my students should acquire to become communicative competent in English.

For me, it is essential that foreign language teachers own their own rooms in order to create a space full of realia and where the teacher and the students feel that they are in a real English-speaking space. But in our schools in Spain it is very difficult to have an own room. Teachers should share the classrooms and most school governing boards don't want the students to move from one classroom to another. But I disagree with this matter.

Ercília - Portugal

erciliacosta — 2017-01-11 11:34:10 UTC

The Future classroom has attractive educational environments with the use of technology and that privilege student action. The room favors the student's motivation, creativity and involvement in the individual or collective construction of knowledge. Pass through involves teachers and students in new teaching and learning processes, with more advanced pedagogies, providing a positive impact on students, particularly in the development of their skills for the twenty-first century. Carrying this concept into the conventional classroom is the challenge that arises. The great difficulty lies in resistance to change. I recognize that there must also be a great investment in the training and monitoring of teachers who still resist working with the technologies. It is possible to organize my classroom with different spaces, but there is the problem of the size of the classes (about 30 students).

Elena Chiş

lenuta_chis — 2017-01-11 11:48:31 UTC

The school where I work has, in most classes of furniture that can be moved. This makes it possible to organize classroom learning areas. My students are accustomed to interact, to produce products group, to present products to make assessments on their products or other products.

Maria Rosaria Tafuro, Italy

tafymar — 2017-01-11 13:19:12 UTC

The school where I work is organised in the traditional way with teacher standing in front of the students; unfortunately we can't organize learning zones as our classrooms are very often too small and they host an excessive number of pupils.My ideal future classrooms will be attractive and well organized to help students during the various phases of their process of learning to reach their goals.The rooms will be large enough to let pupils move from a place to another with freedom without provoking any kind of disturb to the other pupils concentrated in their tasks

Gian Luca Cossari, Italy

2017-01-11 13:56:11 UTC

The involvement of students, taking advantage of the spaces for the active involvement in learning is crucial to the development of the store of knowledge. The first high school classes are numerous and the environments are not conducive to a well established organization as well, the problem is the nature of logistics and still be rooted in the content of programs.

Alexia- Athens Greece

2017-01-11 14:09:36 UTC

I stay in the last sentence of the video. The future classroom lab offers the context to enjoy the ful of learning.

Mirela

2017-01-11 15:03:15 UTC

I like it very much but there are many problems; organisation, number of students in class, ...

Francesca

francesca_lombardi1973 — 2017-01-11 15:06:27 UTC

I think it’s possible organize my classroom around the six zones: interact, present, investigate, create, exchange and develop because I’ve got a wide classroom and the students are only 15. I believe the future classroom Lab helps to rethink different points: physical space, resources and changing roles of students and teachers.

I would focus specially on the discover zone (including arts and crafts materials, manipulative things, recorders, cameras, music makers, games, puzzles, fun books and magazines) to improve creativity and imagination in my students.

Marta Tarantino

martatarantino — 2017-01-11 15:14:17 UTC

Paraphrasing Bjork's song: "All is full of learning". The Future Classroom Lab seems kind of an evolution of the old ateliers. A huge amount of research on education flows into this conception of the spaces, the times and the ways of learning. I've been trying organizing my classroom space by dividing it in various zones each of them dedicated to a different learning activity and/or learning style. It's not easy, unfortunately, because I can't make important decisions on my own. As a matter of fact, this kind of choices implies a learning and teaching vision to be shared by all the actors of an educational institution: principals, teachers, stakeholders...I do hope such awareness will spread quickly

I think with the evolution reached today, inevitably, the teaching and the relationship with the students will suffer 'changes. Will change the way of approaching the discipline and ability to relate to students who definitely more digital skills than in past generations. I think that the workshop activities are one of the most viable options, partly because the students through the activities "that is, to" learn to learn. MARIA, ITALIA

2017-01-11 16:05:33 UTC

Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy

maria_sallemi5870 — 2017-01-11 16:21:30 UTC

This reality is really fair. I think the teachers must accept the new ideas involving pupils and parents who are too used to the old way.
Then there must be a really strong political promise that gives us new schools and especially new working technology. According to me in another generation the situation will be this, because only the youth can change the school because they now have a different mind from the adults.

Ksenija from Serbia

2017-01-11 17:19:10 UTC

Wow! What a classroom! I`m so impressed. Such a classroom is still a nice dream for most of our teachers in Serbia. I `m so happy when I can have a laptop, a projector and a white board. I`m still dreaming of interactive board. And each student having his/her own tablet is also a nice dream. For all the needed things I usually get the same answer: `we do not have money for all that you need`. But I try to organize my students to make their own presentations in the way they like. They are really so nice and hardworking and they try to do everything in the best way.

Fulvia, Italy

2017-01-11 17:23:18 UTC

The learning space set up in the video is really beautiful but, as it is pointed out in the video, it is a futuristic environment. Every day we face with the harsh reality, we work in schools with tiny classrooms, where everything is lacking, even the chairs. The students are forced to remain for many hours sitting and fasten in tight spaces and schools rarely have laboratory classrooms or spaces that allow kids to experience new ways of learning in flexible spaces.

ISABELLE SQUILLACI-BARI (ITALY) BEAUTIFUL!!! The idea is very interesting but so difficult to realize in my school because it is very old !!!and then in Italy we have classes with many pupils and rooms are not so large… a dream ;). I’d like to work in this classroom lab, but Italian schools rarely have laboratory classrooms or spaces that allow kids to experience new ways of learning in flexible spaces. Sometimes, I ask students to create video or something similar and they can work by Learning Zone but with many many difficulties.

squillaci_isabelle — 2017-01-11 18:01:19 UTC

Sunay Efe,Turkey

sunayefe — 2017-01-11 18:19:09 UTC

I think with the evolution reached today, inevitably, the teaching and the relationship with the students will suffer 'changes. Will change the way of approaching the discipline and ability to relate to students who definitely more digital skills than in past generations. I think that the workshop activities are one of the most viable optionsClassrooms and spaces should be totally transformed!,

Lucida Wow! this is a dream! But it is very difficult to organize spaces like this! I ha ve 30 students in my class and my classroom is very small.But I hope this dream comes true

lucia_verroca — 2017-01-11 18:26:16 UTC

Angela, Romania

2017-01-11 18:31:11 UTC

In my classroom I can't organize such an amazing space for learning, but from that video I took some ideas about how to put my instruments of learning and how the children can work with it. I think that more important then a whiteboard or a laptop is the process behind these instruments.

Anna, Italy

annag — 2017-01-11 18:32:34 UTC

Nice but it's a sort of TV advertisement, isn't it? Everyone's beautiful and smiling. The idea is very intriguing, though. Future classrooms will be like that

Arianna from Italy

arix — 2017-01-11 18:33:21 UTC

where is money for it?

Didar, TURKEY

2017-01-11 18:35:53 UTC

This classroom is

Stavroula, Greece

pde4424 — 2017-01-11 18:39:32 UTC

I guess I could organize my classroom around learning zones, as I have tried it already. It is really interesting for the students and very challenging for me, although, it's not that easy. It requires demanding organization by me, larger place than my small classroom, differentiation from the curriculum which results objections by some parents and colleagues. Nevertheless, I believe that it is something we will all do in the near future because the traditional way of teaching and learning has already faded away.

Tonia C.(Gragnano-italy)

tonia_calo — 2017-01-11 18:43:15 UTC

Well, it looks like a dream! How could I organize a classroom around learning zones with a class of 28 students? A lot of changes must be done in Italian Education Laws

Serenella Silenzi, Italy

s_silenzi — 2017-01-11 19:36:31 UTC

I would like to have a classroom like the one of the video or the one accurately described in FCL learning zones. What are the main problems to realize all this in my Italian school? They are: ownership, money and numbers. Ownership because the principals can't decide any changes in their schools as their decisions must be controlled and approved by the Municipality or Province authories (the real owners of the buildings). Then we often have economic problems: money is never enough for the Italian school! At the moment in particular we are in very serious troubles in our area (the Marche region) because the recent earthquake has ruined and even totally destroyed a lot of schools, houses, firms, farms, churches, monuments and so on. Therefore how can you even think of FBLs? Finally numbers: our classes are usually very numerous (25-30 even 32 students sometimes), while our rooms are not very large, thus arranging different learning spaces can be very hard, nearly impossible. Have you got any suggestions?

Argiro Zikouli

2017-01-11 20:12:00 UTC

Really hard for me to split the classroom areas, at least geographically speaking. Our classrooms are already designed to not be like that. Functionally speaking we could split the stuents in groups, but thishas nothing to do with the real thing, that is the situation you are describing. Oh,yes, geography IS very important!

Marchilia Volini Kendall, Naples, Italy

2017-01-11 20:22:39 UTC

This future classroom lab is FABULOUS! I love the setting, the informality of the work, the userfriedline

Marchilia Volini Kendall, Naples, Italy

marchilia — 2017-01-11 20:27:43 UTC

This future classroom lab is FABULOUS! I love the setting, the informality of the work, the userfriendliness and the equipment available to students.
To be realistic, in terms of funds and space available, each school should have one "LAB" like this, where classes could rotate and experience this Learning option. I will show this to my headmaster Tomorrow, first thing in the morning... I might get lucky!!! :)

Athanasia Papachristou, Greece

2017-01-11 20:29:04 UTC

So beautiful classroom but so far away of our reality in Greece! A really dreamy classroom! It is very important to organize the classroom around learning zones. Ηypothetically speaking I will focus on the Investigate zone as it can enhance students’ critical thinking skills and to the Create zone as well in order to exercise student’s imagination and creativity.

Mary Koleta- Greece

2017-01-11 20:29:29 UTC

It really is a future classroom. I hope that I will be able to work in such an environment before retirement but the practical issues that we face today seem so difficult to overcome. Nevertheless, we can always make small changes and try to recreate the learning zones presented to fit in our reality...

Angelina Alberico, Italy

2017-01-11 20:52:44 UTC

Definitely a super school where students would come to school with more enthusiasm and desire to learn more. Even to me personally as a teacher would love to teach in a school like this where there is everything at the moment is missing in the Italian school.

Carol (Italy)

carol_f — 2017-01-11 20:56:46 UTC

For me this future classroom is a dream. Unfortunately I can't imagine it in Italy. In my school we can't open the windows... It's forbidden!!!! That's terrible!!!

Rosa Calvino

rosacalvino8 — 2017-01-11 21:23:45 UTC

Beautiful classroom lab

Luisella, Italy

luisella_signo60 — 2017-01-11 21:51:02 UTC

Beautiful classroom, but for me just a dream...

Isabel Nunes, Portugal

2017-01-11 22:45:00 UTC

Video very inspiring… how i wish that this was the reality of my school… but i have the expectation of an approximation to this reality.

Being the classroom a privileged place for each and any students’ activity, the organization and management of the place is a very important factor in the implementation of any activity.

Working on something that implies collaborative participation the tables have to be disposed in a way that will allow group work and allows the several students to sit near each other, favoring the inter group dynamics and inter help.

In conclusion, the over importance given to the results instead of the progress can be dangerous. The results are punctual or occasional and volatile; the process is long, maybe safer. It’s between giving importance to the roof or the foundation. Both are important and indispensable but we can’t get to the roof without a solid and strong foundation.

Elena B, Italy

teacherEB — 2017-01-11 22:47:34 UTC

I had the opportunity, thanks to Erasmus +, to visit the Future Classroom Lab In Brussells. It's amazing! Of course in Italy it's difficult to reproduce it, but in my school we are lucky to have an Interactive Whiteboard with Internet connection in each classroom plus ICT labs and laptops. We have to work on a new layout of desks in order to facilitate interaction and group works. We are renovating the school and studying a new plan. Certainly a new paint of bright colours will help creating a warmer environment.

BURCU YÖRÜK

2017-01-12 06:47:21 UTC

TURKEY
Hello,
ıt is beatiful dream and I expect to be teacher thisclasroom.
One day this dream will be. Student will be more exciting and more curiously

Dalia, Lithuania

baltijadm — 2017-01-12 11:26:35 UTC

A dream that is not likely to come true...

Gabriele Ornaghi, Crema - Italy

gabriele_ornaghi88 — 2017-01-12 12:29:51 UTC

Beautiful classroom, but for me more utopian

Ioannis Velonakis, Greece

2017-01-12 13:19:10 UTC

Although organizing our classroom around learning zones is interesting and may help both teaching and learning, it seems a quite unrealistic scenario for the Greek Primary and High schools since it requires the rebuilding of both schools and classrooms. In the vast majority of the present classrooms in there is not only enough space for all these zones but usually there are no projectors, computers, laptops, LAN or WLAN!!! The majority of science equipment is collected in the Science School Labs and it is usually old-fashioned. The learning in such a modern classroom has to be organized in a significantly different way. The students have to form groups, work collaboratively and interchange roles not only within a single group but also among different groups: in other words, when a group presents and reviews its work, another one will make experiments and the remaining one will create their presentations. In this teaching environment more than one teacher is probably necessary, mainly in supporting roles, while the traditional curricula and timetables have to change as well. If I had the chance to organize some aspects of such a modern classroom (and I actually have it in the school I work now), I would start from the interacting zone, which is a better form of the traditional class, and from the presentation corner, which is possible to be present in most of our classrooms. Then I would go on with the investigation corner, combined with the traditional Science Lab but with more and modern equipment.

Iliyana, Bulgaria

2017-01-12 13:42:03 UTC

Quite beautiful but not possible in my school. We don’t have technology in each room and classes are big.

Maria Boukorou, Greece

kmbouk — 2017-01-12 14:25:25 UTC

So nice and unrealistic for the current educational reality of the Greek society. But dreams do not cost ....

Laurence, Reunion (Fr)

llevesque — 2017-01-12 15:02:24 UTC

This classroom is an ideal, I'm just thinking about how to get closer to it but taking into account the reality of my school and my students. I'm also wondering what kind of work students are asked, what kind of lesson is planned and how to adapt this classroom and its zones to the reality of the subject I teach and the curriculum I'm supposed to follow.

Višnja, Serbia

2017-01-12 15:22:15 UTC

It is very much in the future for the Serbian public schools, but some things can be changed. I did some PBL in my classes, but it was with a very few ICT tools. Only a few students had internet on their self phone, and used it for investigation. I had to place them in groups, placed some books on one table, and some students went to the school library to work. But it would be much better to have a classroom like this. I would only have trouble to organize the time each group could spend in one space. The classes should be very small, or the groups would have to get much different tasks, so that the wouldn‚t have to wait for the first group to investigate... It would be nice to have six different clasrooms for each phase?

Maria Luisa, Turin, Italy

marcella_guglielmo — 2017-01-12 16:13:01 UTC

In a traditional class space it is not possible to organize the activities of the students around learning zones. Sometimes the teachers set separate tables for groups of students. Small spaces and a large numebr of students per class are the main reasons. In my opinion in a first stage the most important steps are: Investigate; Create; Interact. I would focus on two key-concepts: the active role of every student and the real audience of peers.

cristina from Italy

prof_cau — 2017-01-12 16:39:31 UTC

This school seems very far from the Italian school of today. Often there are no scientific materials and workshops to keep them. Often, in our reality, there are no technological equipment for each student but a single interactive whiteboard in each class. I would like to experience a school situation like this and some experimental school is already making the first steps. But it will take time ....

2017-01-12 16:50:32 UTC

So nice and unrealistic for the current educational reality of the Greek society. But dreams do not cost

Patrizia Sebastiano, Italy

Patseba — 2017-01-12 17:16:14 UTC

The Future Classroom Lab is a dream for me. We have traditional classrooms and scarce technological resources. I often work in flipped classroom because we haven't tablets and there is not Lim in every classroom.

Nehir ÇABUKER, Turkey

nehircabuker — 2017-01-12 17:22:29 UTC

the future classroom labs in Brussels encourage students make their lifelong learning by themselves. Here the students have many chances to face the real life conditions. But in my country we dont have lots of chance like Brussels I mean especially physical conditions.

Cecilia, Italy

lettere_cd — 2017-01-12 17:49:04 UTC

Interesting, but quite difficult to realize it in old buildings with traditional classrooms and with lack of technologies... perhaps BYOD approach must be a solution. But in my opinion the most important thing of this video is the last point: teach to learnig to learn and to enjoy learning and this is not only a matter of technologies.

Jolanta, Poland

jolanta_stefanska — 2017-01-12 18:39:00 UTC

Definitely it is a lab - but some ideas can be taken. For me the investigate zone would be crucial - the same chances for each student in ICT.

Cristiana Ziraldo

2017-01-12 19:01:14 UTC

I would love to organize my classroom around learning zones, but I would need to have fewer classes (fewer students: now I teach almost 180 students every week) and new schools should be built, since the ones we have in Italy do not have classrooms with large spaces. So for Italy is pretty futuristic, yet the principles underpinning learning zones can be implemented. I would start from the Interact Zone just because the teacher needs to make it clear what outcome the students must achieve and thus s/he must give some clear guidelines with a checklist and assessment grid, so that the students knwo where to head and what criteria to meet in order to achieve certain results. Then I would leave my students free in their organization and thus in the zones to choose.

Mustafa Ecik, Aksaray Turkey

2017-01-12 19:07:20 UTC

I loved this class very much. I want to be there. It's a lot of fun and it is a nice place for students and teachers. They are looking forward to going there.

Giuseppina Serini, Italy

2017-01-12 19:22:05 UTC

Beautiful classroom of the movie, in Italy do not think there are similar reality. It seems pure fiction. I struggle just to have a chair to replace the broken one.
The class of my dreams ... will remain a dream. But in my small way I try for years to create "zones" for different activities offered, which is trying to use what I have at my disposal.

Daniela C, Romania

2017-01-12 19:40:27 UTC

Here, unfortunately, classes are very small, and banks can not easily be arranged for groups or microgrups activities.

Chiara C., Italy

2017-01-12 20:07:26 UTC

The school of future! Unfortunately the school where I work have small classroom and phisycal enirivoment doensn't help learning and teaching process.

Simonetta, Italy

simopg_si — 2017-01-12 21:13:40 UTC

I share the feelings of my Italian colleagues : what a dream! The real situation is very different! In our school there is a new ICT lab with a similar arrangement but we have nearly 800 students!

Miriam Scafati, Italy

miriamscafatihpg23 — 2017-01-12 21:17:17 UTC

This classroom is wonderful!!!!! I teach near the bed of students because my school is in hospital.

Behlül AKYOL, Turkey

behlulakyol — 2017-01-12 21:44:32 UTC

This class is very nice. I can not organize my class into sections. Because it's narrow and crowded. If it were possible, I would create all the regions in order, starting with the interaction. I focused mostly on the "develop" section

CHRISTOS, GREECE

christos_chachoudis — 2017-01-12 22:36:28 UTC

IT WAS A VERY VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION. I THINK THAT THIS CLASSROOM IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, BUT HOW MANY COUNTRIES CAN HAVE THEM..... IT IS A MATTER OF COST...... AS I MENTIONED I AM FROM GREECE.... HOW CAN I DREAM OF A CLASS LIKE THIS??????????????????

Federica Tagliafichi, Italy

FedeTagliafichi — 2017-01-12 22:47:32 UTC

What a dream! I would like to work in a classroom like that!

Stelios Anastassopoulos, Greece

demirouv — 2017-01-13 09:45:57 UTC

How could I work in

The Future Classroom Lab in Brussels? :-)))

Cristina Fuertes, Spain

grecol1 — 2017-01-13 10:51:10 UTC

For working in this way a lot of things should change: resources, technology, training teachers, school bulding,....
As a starting point teachers should participate as a students in this kind of classroom for understanding how it works with themselves. Most of the times teachers teach in the same way they learnt.

Anne Fischer, Berlin

2017-01-13 11:02:07 UTC

The zones I would first focus on are the create and investigate zones as I believe that this is the most difficult aspect for a student (they are often expecting for us as teachers to give them the answer). The develop apect would be very important as well because it is impertinent for students to learn how to re-work their projects and strive to make them better. I personally think it would be easy for me as a teacher to organize my classroom around the learning zones, however, the biggest challenge would come from my school and the supplies they could provide.

Alessandra, Italy

alessandra_marini1 — 2017-01-13 11:54:46 UTC

the lab in Brussels is something worderful... it would be so nice to work in a similar place...

Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece

psaridou — 2017-01-13 12:21:11 UTC

I really envy those students and their teachers. The future classroom Lab in Brussels is a long life dream for us in Greece. I couldn't organize my class around learning zones because my classes space is the 1/10 of the above. We also lack of equipment. I don't believe that I will teach in a class like that at near future, at least in Greece.

Maria Ester, Italy

maria_ester — 2017-01-13 14:18:33 UTC

If I had enough space, I'd like to create some different zone: Discovery Zone (includes arts and crafts materials, manipulatives, recorders, cameras, music makers, games, puzzles, and fun books and magazines),
Supplies Zone (where I provide pencils, pens, highlighters, sharpeners, scissors, hole punchers, rulers, paper, glue, tape, hand sanitizer, a trash can, and general tools),
Community Zone, Quiet Zone, Teacher Zone.

Marina Gurina (Ukrai)

mariam_72 — 2017-01-13 15:44:44 UTC

It's so cool! I like it! I'd like to create all these zones! It's our future! But for us - we must have much money, another approaches in our Ministry of Education. But for Ukraine - this is a dream!

Olga Keramida/Greece

olkeramida — 2017-01-13 16:03:14 UTC

I I believe that it is something we will all do in the near future . May be it is difficult but it is not unachievable.

Dulce Freire, Isabel Cruz e Vítor Silva - Portugal

2017-01-13 16:19:41 UTC

We have already had the opportunity to visit a future classroom lab and in fact it is a wonderful place to work at. However, even if we wanted, this would not be possible in our school. Our classrooms only have desks and chairs and there is a single computer in the teacher's desk. However, all classrooms have video projectors and some interactive whiteboards. Also, we, the teachers, are always changing classrooms, there is not a culture of having a class in the same room the whole day. Sometimes we go into a classroom, change the way the chairs and desks are organized and, 100 minutes later, we have to leave it the way it was before. So, it is not practical at all. What can we do!?

Carmen Stanciu, Ro.

carmenada69 — 2017-01-13 16:33:40 UTC

Quite beautiful but not possible in my school. We don’t have technology in each room(or not enough!) , classes aren t so large. number of students is big and the costs would be very high to set up such a room in a public school. Perhaps in a very distant future we can get those classrooms...Still..there is always a possibility to change for the better .It depends on our wish...

RAVAS Centa Mariana

ravas_centa — 2017-01-13 16:52:42 UTC

Every teacher dreams of educating the Future Classroom Lab. I hope that dream will be reality someday for me...

Ana Pinheiro

aipinheiro — 2017-01-13 16:52:50 UTC

I find the organization of the classroom very interesting in learning areas. I agree to the spaces provided. These learning spaces allow the student to have more autonomy in the definition of his / her learning path. Students get more involved in the whole process and this is an advantage.Of course it is not easy to do but we teachers should encourage.One day it will be normal for a room like this ....

Donatella De Gregorio (NA), Ital

2017-01-13 18:04:14 UTC

A flexible learning space like the future classroom lab in Brussels is every teacher's dream but I believe that we should first enhance our students' personal responsibility to make things work properly in such an environment.

Luigi Alterani, Italy

Italianteacher — 2017-01-13 18:17:42 UTC

In current classrooms, students work on simple assignments that emphasize the memorization of brief definitions; work alone, just write for the teacher, and rarely make researches or presentations. They are trained every day to entertain these kinds of relationships one to one with their professors that hardly approach to the demands and the challenges they face in real life.

Melissa Esposito, Naples, Italy

melissa_esposito — 2017-01-13 18:39:53 UTC

I can't organize my classroom around learning zones but I use the interact zone (teacher in front of the classroom) and often I divide them in little groups so we introduce the investigate zone and Exchange zone while they solve some Maths problems or exercises. Sometimes using the Flipped Classroom methodology we have also the develop zone.

Ana Prados, Spain

belanotinajero — 2017-01-13 18:52:56 UTC

I'm with Cristina, from Spain, both in my scepticism towards the speed the system will change and the urge of training for us, teachers.

Betül, Turkey

2017-01-13 20:52:35 UTC

The idea of dividing classes into zones is really impressive to me. This is the first time I came across such a lab. I will soon try to use these types with the opportunities I have.

Michelina Mosca

didinomosca63 — 2017-01-13 21:43:47 UTC

I have ony two hours a week and it is very difficult for me to change tables every time I go to the classroom because dther teachers remove every time. I would like to start with investigate zone and let to my pupils to work together while they producing.

Amae^

amael_kervarrec1 — 2017-01-13 21:53:39 UTC

Amae^Kervarrec (Colombia)

amael_kervarrec1 — 2017-01-13 21:53:39 UTC

I'm sure it's a perfect way of learning but the institutions unfortunately are changing less quickly than they should and the money in the problem. Congratulacions for these realisation I wish we could advance at this speed

Concetta Rapisarda Italia

2017-01-13 22:02:43 UTC

The class organized in learning zones is really very interesting. The problem is that many schools are not completely equipped with technological tools. However, the learning zones can be created using, also, the most common and simple tools.

Rossella, Italy

rossella_esposito — 2017-01-14 00:02:36 UTC

I already try to organize my classroom in learning zones, even if the classrooms of my school arent'n so big as that one in the video and there aren't so many electronic devices.
In our classrooms there is a traditional setting, but when I have lesson, I organize the space in a more flexible way. I use PBL in my lessons; for this reason it's very important for me that students work in group, investigate data, create a common product and present it. And I try to create in the classrooms different learning zones, but there isn't possible to create all the zone presented in the video at the same time, even if I find that they are all important.

J.L. Saavedra, Spain

2017-01-14 08:18:03 UTC

I am totally in agreement with my colleagues from Spain. In our countries, between the amount of extra work we have to do, the low desire of many of our colleagues and their lack of motivation to work, and the amount of negative criticism they make when trying to do something new and change the traditional model of work In the classroom, is very discouraging.
But over time I have learned that if you want to change something, you are the first to do it and try it, and ignore all those negative critics, because luckily, the students if they understand you and when later you are found they are the ones who They encourage you to keep changing things and to follow unconventional paths.

Anna Eckerlein, Germany

Frau_Kap — 2017-01-14 10:01:37 UTC

This 6-zone concept amazes me on the one hand and raises couple of questions on the other hand. If learning could be organized like that, I believe students need to be trained in organizational competences first. I also can't imagine classrooms to be so well equipped to support this kind of learning scenario. I wonder how you practically teach then? Is it just certain topics and students can move around the learning zones like they want to? Or are there separate phases? I will try to introduce and use a simplified version of the learning zones in my own lessons now.

Joan Ginard, Spain

joan_ginard — 2017-01-14 10:41:05 UTC

Rather than focusing on zones, I would like to comment how deeply linked to developing 21st century skills are these spaces.

I am not only thinking about creativity or digital competence, rather I am considering personal responsibility. Without it it will be hard for anyone to take advantage of this zones, as I think autonomy is a key point in this classroom layout.

I am not going to comment how far from the video are my spaces cause I will get a bit depressed. Though I feel here in my school we all consider, changing out traditional space is a must.

Vanesa, Croatia

2017-01-14 12:24:08 UTC

Wonderful!!!! And far away future. I totally love this, but a lot of changes have to be done and there is also a financial part of it.......

Maria del Mar

mardiaz7 — 2017-01-14 12:38:50 UTC

That would be my ideal scenario

Lilianna, Poland

lpoland — 2017-01-14 12:43:45 UTC

All the learning zones at a time are not possible in our classes just because there is not enough room and the equipment.
I make my students interact, exchange their opinions, investigate, create and present the results organizing the learning space differently each time.
The future classroom lab is just amazing but still out of my reach.

Serena, (TV), Italy

2017-01-14 12:54:57 UTC

Wow! Such a flexible learning space would be really fantastic but very difficult to be realized in the schools of my country.
However I would suggest myself trying to adapt my classroom for different situations and activities. Even if I do not have even an interactive white board with internet connection in class or laptops to be used, I could "transform" the classroom according to the learning activities (modifying its set up, positioning pillows for "the reading corner" for example...).
Just to start with!

Kristina Kaučić, Croatia

2017-01-14 15:30:03 UTC

I share my classroom with 4 different colleagues. I would like to organize my classroom around learning zones, but they do not.

Andrea Checchetti,

dreache — 2017-01-14 15:52:04 UTC

Italy
I'd love to organize my classroom as it is described in the video. Probably in the future the classroom will be a laboratory in which has six learning areas. It looks a bit like a disciplinary lab classroom where you make use of the phases of an inquiry based learning project and at the same time the students have an active role, work in group and share responsability.

Maria Anna Casoria

goli291174 — 2017-01-14 16:45:22 UTC

Before organizing the classroom around learning zones, I would focus on collaborative activities.
The students' role should change from a passive audience to active researchers.

Antonia Brandão PT

dolores_brandao — 2017-01-14 17:04:35 UTC

The Future Classroom Lab in Brussels

I’m so lucky that i already had been at the future classroom lab in Brussels. That’s because i was attending to Europeana DS12 Workshop. I will be back there at the end of february. It’s a marvellous space. I loved it. At my school we are working to prepare some space with different zones to students develop collaborative work, but we know that, more important than spaces, are pedagogies.

Isabel Graça, Portugal

2017-01-14 17:29:36 UTC

In some schools students and teachers are so accustomed to traditional teaching and learning that the transformation to active learners is difficult. Plus, in Portugal, classes’ rooms are too small to organize different learning zones. So, what will happen? Replace all the old schools and construct new ones? Probably it’s necessary. I hope governments have money to do it, with strict European rules and funding. But first we need students and teachers working differently or no new space will matter.

Ana Ventura, Spain

anavenmolina — 2017-01-14 17:48:04 UTC

I think that if teachers change traditional teaching methodologies, classroom organization must also be changed since they are not appropriate to teach 21st century skills. I love how the Future Classroom Lab in Brussels is organized. All learning zones are challenging and encouraging to make children learn in a fun, relaxing and flexible atmosphere.

Ana, Portugal

anasalonso — 2017-01-14 17:53:41 UTC

In my classroom, I try to have diversified ways of teaching although it is in an only single space. I think that more important than having different compartments for each pedagogy, it is the time we spent applying each pedagogy into learning setting. My students are active researchers and because of that I always try to pass the message of "lifelong learning", because you never stop learning.

Margarida Almeida, Portugal

2017-01-14 18:25:14 UTC

In my school we are building a future classroom. The great doubt of the teachers is related to the methodology / organization. Everything is new ... hence the great interest for this course.

Maria Grazia (Italy)

2017-01-14 18:25:50 UTC

All teachers have to update, follow above all use new methodologies best suited to the students of the new millennium. In my school I hope to help create a future classroom .

Clara Abegão, Portugal

claraabegao — 2017-01-14 18:39:31 UTC

In my school we only have ONE classroom where (without making changes!) we can try to copy the model that is presented to us in the video. The fact that the classroom is organized by areas is certainly more facilitative for the students who thus become main actors of the process, but in Portugal, at least at public schools, that sounds a little bit “out of the box”. Of course we need the money to create those spaces, but I think that, above all, we need to change mentalities in order to make governors, teachers, parents, and why not some students, that the traditional way of teaching does not turn students in active learners and doesn´t promote critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity.

Magdolna, Hungary

magdiwb — 2017-01-14 18:48:05 UTC

I'm amazed by flexible learning space provided by the Future Classroom Lab. Unfortunately, at our school the classrooms are not spacious enough to create all the zones presented in the video. I would be happy if I could provide space at least for investigating, creating and presenting. And not to mention the ICT tools and equipments for carrying out the tasks.

Maria Grazia Licandro - Italy

2017-01-14 19:04:38 UTC

In my school we are quite equipped with technological tools, LIM in all classes, computer lab, but adapt the space as in the video there is difficult. Italian schools are not designed like those you see in the video, those classes are not sure of the size of the Italian classes, which, if lucky, arrive at most to 6 meters by 5; I want to know how to create spaces with different activities in these dimensions. Even the furnishings are usually supplied by the municipalities and do not give us some red chairs, sofas, screens such as those of the video.
This year I was PON designer for the creation of two "Classrooms increased", with Mirroring, scanner lamps, tables and chairs of the latest generation, tablet and carcatablet carts, but I had to adapt to the spaces we have. In my opinion what the video shows is beautiful but in Italy are few schools that can make it happen! Here is a photo of one of my school increased Classrooms!

Antonio Marinello, Italy

2017-01-14 19:14:55 UTC

It is very difficult to achieve flexible learning spaces in Italian schools even though the Ministry of Education is starting with some pilot projects. I think the Lab in Brussels is a perfect organization of the learning spaces so I would not change anything. I would start out with the following learning spaces:
Investigate, Create, Exchange and Present

Antonietta, Italy

2017-01-14 19:28:40 UTC

spaces organized around learning zones is very interesting but also very difficult to achieve as our classes are often overcrowded. If schools are not well equipped it is quite impossible. Brussels is a good example of good practices especially for spaces as setting is very important to develop key competences but here in Italy it's quite a different situation !

Paola Iorio, Italy

2017-01-14 20:05:15 UTC

I like working with my students in the Language lab, where there is the possibility to have some different learning zones. But I can't go there always! So I try to create learning zones in the traditional classrooms, by letting my students use their own devices, and work in team.

Laura Serban, Romania

lauraaurelias — 2017-01-14 20:15:41 UTC

I would like to work in classroom with different learning zones. I try to create ways for my pupils to work on teams and solve problems, create, investigate, collaborate. I like the way Future Classroom Lab is organised.

Ankica, Croatia

ankica1403 — 2017-01-14 21:25:17 UTC

I have tried organising that kind of classroom lab for some projects (of course, not with that kind of equipment). It has been successful but I don't see myself using it on regular basis partly because of our curriculum and partly because we do not have the posibility for it (the room, number of students). I have to stress that when I did some short term projects like that, both students and me, enjoyed it.

Marián Reguera, Spain

2017-01-14 22:41:24 UTC

I organize different activities for the different lessons, so I tell them beforehand what I want the class to look like for the next session: in groups, U-shape, grid structure,... Once a week we meet at the computer lab, but unfortunalely this only happens during the extra afternoon classes the bilingal groups have.

Simona Costaru, Romania

2017-01-14 23:05:29 UTC

I like this Classroom Lab: the idea, the space, the resources. I did projects like that (not regularly because it`s take time) and I was proud of my students because they were very involved (to investigate, to create, to colaborate, to present their results).

Kamilla/Poland

adllerchen — 2017-01-15 00:17:33 UTC

This class is a dream.
In my school we don't have money and the room to create a future class. I like Investigate and Create Zone :)

Nina, Ukraine

nina_krasilova — 2017-01-15 09:01:54 UTC

Nina

nina_krasilova — 2017-01-15 09:01:54 UTC

Sounds like a dream. It gives students and teachers opportunities to communicate, create, collaborate. I have a tiny classroom so no chance to organize anything similar yet but while working on eTwinning projects, I try to organize my students work so that some of them worked on a computer, others created posters, organized exhibitions, etc., others discussed ideas.

Giusy, Italy

2017-01-15 11:16:26 UTC

It would be a dream to have the possibility to work and live in such a great environment. I think that the idea of the Classroom Lab is fantastic. Unfotunately it is almost impossible to organize italian classroom in a similar way. I think the 6 learning zones are equally important. I have tried cooperative learning in some of my classes, I try to give my students (as much as I can) the possibility to be active and do some research on certain topics and I personally pay attention and consider important the critical thinking, so I let my students research data and add their own opinion or personal elements, I want to hear their own ideas on the given topic. I think the Investigation, the Creation and the Presentation are the zones teachers could focus more on and could start out with..

Alessandro/Italy

2017-01-15 11:23:31 UTC

I like the classroom that I saw in the video and I would like to teach in that classroom, but unfortunately, to create this class you must have a lot of space! I teach in a classroom lab, there is a LIM, 14 computers and in the middle there is a big table where students can discuss their ideas or work in group. It is ok when I have class of 16/18 students, but when I have class of 26/30 students it's a disaster.

MARIANTHI ARVANITIDOU- GREECE

1canislupus22 — 2017-01-15 11:52:57 UTC

Share knowledge and tips between teachers and discuss approaches to improve the interest of students in science careers.

Athina, Greece

aginoudi — 2017-01-15 12:37:21 UTC

It is very difficult for one teacher to prepare all the activities for the new learning environment. For this reason the issue is the collaboration among teachers from the same school or from different schools. In this way teachers can exchange materials and good educational practices, so that the transition to the future classrooms would be smoother.

Olga Martins, Portugal

olgacarvalhomartins — 2017-01-15 12:56:56 UTC

Who doesn't like this classroom? It seems like a dream! To have the opportunity and the possibility to teach in such environment, can't imagine how it is difficult to work in classrooms such as some here referred.
But if teachers change their traditional ways of teaching and their mentalities, the classrooms space will also be changed.

Daniela Patri, Italy

gea68_dp — 2017-01-15 13:05:48 UTC

It is a good idea of classroom. In my reality it is difficult to work in a class like this, because we have no space and technological resources. The classrooms are old, with a classical asset and it is present ongly an old pc for the use of electronic register. In some classrooms there is a screen or a Lim, but it is hard to use technology

Rita, Italy

2017-01-15 15:56:08 UTC

Great example of classroom, unfortunately it is not possible to realize in my school, because there are not spaces like that. I mostly like the organization of the classroom in zones, this could be an amazing way to engage and motivate students.

Elisabetta, Italy

mauro_elisabet1 — 2017-01-15 16:27:12 UTC

Good ideas, difficult to adapt them in our small old rooms, where space has always been organized in a very traditional way, mainly for security reasons

Bartolomeo Corbo - Italy

bartolomeo_corbo — 2017-01-15 16:43:09 UTC

Sometimes I have organized my classroom in corners and I have divided my students in group to work on the same task but in different way. The Future Classroom lab is more complex. But this is the way to develop the 21st century skills. We don't need large spaces, but we have need of a mind change.

Alessandra Murgia, Italy

prof_alemurgia — 2017-01-15 16:49:10 UTC

I 'd love to organize my classroom around learning zones, it would be a dream come true. As a teacher of English, the “create” zone and the “present” zone would be the ones I would focus on, but my favourite one is the “develop” zone, with its informal setup, it stimulates creativity, reflection and interaction.

Maria Maddalena Pallotta, Italy

mariamaddalena_pallotta1 — 2017-01-15 17:05:39 UTC

Who would not have this class template??? Unfortunately in Italy is an impossible dream! Small classrooms with a high number of pupils, old furniture, no internet connection, no PC in the classroom .... this is the reality of my school !! However, to answer the questions, I definitely would start from the students' creativity and I am convinced that in such a rich and stimulating environment there would surely better and more rewarding for both students and teachers.

Elisabetta Nepa

classedieli — 2017-01-15 17:11:51 UTC

Un sogno, di sicuro non sarò mai arrivare ad avere una classe come quella certamente piacerebbe lavorare in classe con diverse aree di apprendimento e credo che posso farlo, il problema è che le nostre classi sono piccole e senza supporto tecnologico.

Aleksandra, Croatia

abrmbota — 2017-01-15 17:37:00 UTC

I'd like to organize my classroom around learning zones but it's not possible always. Because of our big curriculum, it's no time for that way of teaching. Also the space and equipments are not good enough for organize classroom around learning zones. I would focus on "create", "exchange" and "present" zones. Other three zones, students could make at home in our terms of work for now.

Andrea marri

noxruit — 2017-01-15 17:37:14 UTC

Why limiting learning zones to classrooms? Couldn't they extend to the whole school, thus having, for example, a Developing or a Presenting school area?

Josefina Martín, Spain

jsfgspr — 2017-01-15 18:02:19 UTC

I wish I could have this class display but unfortunately we have run out of place due to overcrowding schools for economic reasons. However I try to organise my groups claswork getting the most of what we have. If we can't move tables away easily why don't move ourselves? So we sometimes stand upin our classroom, or I let students move freely for different tasks completion. So I focus on different learning zones depending on the stage students are in otheir project and the roles they need to play.

Alessandra - Italu

alessandra_bass — 2017-01-15 18:41:02 UTC

This is my dream.....I wish to have a classroom like in future classroom LAB. Anyway I would engage my more motivated colleagues to make some changes in the classrooms display. If it is possible I would start by introducing the investigate zone and creativity zone because I think it is very important that pupils become more active learners and they can develope their attitude and creativity.

Sílvia, Portugal

sylviari1996 — 2017-01-15 19:12:34 UTC

This is my dream for teaching in Portugal. In fact, the new reform of curricula made them even more extensive, with no time for activities centered on the student's knowledge building. In addition, we have 30 students in the classroom, which does not help at all. In any case, from time to time, I do these kinds of activities and they love it.

Filipa, Portugal

2017-01-15 19:30:26 UTC

Well...I can do something like that, more or less, depending if I'm alone teaching or not. I'm a Physical Education teacher and when I have the Gym all for me, I can do something like this. I have done it last year to teach dance. They had to search a coreography or a music, they have to learn it or create one and at the end they have to present them for the class...I was only guiding the process. Teling them were they could search, how can they use their smartphones to other things besides chatting or gaming, it was fun and it realy worked. Even with disabled kids it allowed them to participate and be happy because they could memorize it. Was really a great thing and it took not that much work...

Monika/Hungary

2017-01-15 19:32:20 UTC

I will try to do it..

Four Keys to Good Room Arrangement

Keep high-traffic areas free of congestion.
Be sure students can be seen easily by the teacher.
Keep frequently used teaching materials and student supplies readily accessible.
Be certain students can easily see whole-class presentations and displays.
Arrangement of Student desks-Arrange desks so students are facing and can readily see the primary whole-group instructional area.
Small-Group Instruction Areas-Arrange this area so you can monitor the rest of the class from your seated teaching position.

Checklist Room Preparation

Floor Space

Student desks/tables
Small-group area
Computer Workstations
Teacher’s desk and equipment
Bookcases
Centers
Pets and plants area
Traffic patterns
Classroom library

Storage Space and Supplies

Textbooks and trade books
Student Work
Portfolio Files
Frequently used instructional material
Teacher’s supplies
Classroom supplies
Student belongings
Equipment
Seasonal or infrequently used items
(http://www.unco.edu/teach/undergraduate/secondary/resources/class_management_guide.html)

Riccardo R., Italy

2017-01-15 19:41:21 UTC

I'm really a lucky teacher!!! The great part of my teaching time is in several big laboratories. Is normal for us to divide workspace in zones, having groups researching literature, other groups working to experiments, people working on collected data to present results to their peers...

Nicoleta -Romania

nicoletabarbu2007 — 2017-01-15 20:10:18 UTC

I like laboratory in Brussels. Rarely work with different areas of learning. It is very hard, we have 32 students in class and I have no space required.

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rositone73 — 2017-01-15 20:58:28 UTC

Rosy, Italy

rositone73 — 2017-01-15 20:58:28 UTC

This is really interesting and innovative , but a dream too.
I teach in the Primary school and we have 27 students in class , no space required and no technologies too.

Claudia Massaregli from Italy

2017-01-15 21:09:48 UTC

This lab is very good, it shows students are active maker, buider of their own competences in significant context of exchange

Natasa Todosijevic, Serbia

2017-01-15 22:52:46 UTC

It`s very nice and well organised. .Lucky teacher and pupils !!! I also have 27 of them , but I handle the space by moving school desks in different shapes (circle, square...)so, it can be interesting ...

Manuela Vieira, PT

mmanuelavieira — 2017-01-15 23:31:39 UTC

This idea of organizing the classroom into different zones it1s great.
Unfortunatly in my school we don't have money nor room to create a future class. We have to keep on working for it. In my country there some experiences with FCL, in a small number .

Breda, Slovenia

breda_policar — 2017-01-16 09:46:01 UTC

It looks very nice. But I'm afraid there are not many teachers in Slovenia who would really use all the possibilities in the model classroom. They are simply not motivated to prepare their lectures on completely different way, it takes quite some time...

Ezgi Ulutan, Turkey

2017-01-16 11:04:42 UTC

Ezgi Ulutan, Turkey

2017-01-16 11:04:42 UTC

It is very usefull and ideal environment for active learning. This kind of design is effective and to gain the students 21st skills. However, it could take time to prepare this type of class. In addition, before the students, teachers should get used to do their lecture in this class.

Jack Gilbert, United Kingdom

jackgilbert03 — 2017-01-16 13:25:15 UTC

This almost seems like the ‘perfect’ classroom in using technology effectively. I really like how the classroom has been split into different sections, something I think is really beneficial towards the learning process. Giving the children to opportunity to actually create and research their own products/designs are is something that would provide lifelong learning. It also provides the means for collaborate learning, whether that is face-to face or virtually. Giving children a shared responsibility/Ownership is helps underpin just some of the skills the children will need when they move on into employment.

Gabriela Bruno, Portugal

gabrielabruno357 — 2017-01-16 13:49:01 UTC

We don't have a future classroom at school yet, but in a near future that might be a reality. It would make such a huge difference, special in the professional and vocational courses students.

Giuseppina, Italy

2017-01-16 15:25:04 UTC

Everything is interesting. I'm optimist for the future, a teacher has to be trained with the principles of lifelong learning!

Maria Calà, Italy

ilacrisere — 2017-01-16 15:51:00 UTC

Everything is interesting. I am optimistic for the future, a teacher has to be trained with the principles of lifelong learning!
Dream to live in a work space divided into zones, with groups that develop a part of the argument and then put everything together to share and to present the results of the work collected their peers ...
Unfortunately in my work environment is a dream almost impossible! Small classes with a high number of pupils, old dilapidated furniture, no internet connection, no PC at the time in class because the two schools where I work there are renovations going on (it is already so if we have the old classrooms) .. .. this is the sad reality of my school !! However, to answer questions, I definitely would start by the creativity of the students, and I am convinced that such a rich and stimulating environment would definitely be better and more rewarding for students and teachers.

Valeria Viola, Italy

valeria72 — 2017-01-16 16:12:02 UTC

Just a doubt: all this space for how many students? They are always the same that change the zone according to the task, or the same room can be used for more than one group at once...?

Mirela, Romania

2017-01-16 16:45:02 UTC

I would be more than happy to o work in such a classroom. But the reality is diffrent.

Luciano, Italy

zaz66 — 2017-01-16 17:45:32 UTC

I expect something like that only if I will emigrate in Finland.

Salva, Spain

2017-01-16 18:55:27 UTC

I wish I could have a class like this. In Spain is very difficult to build classes like this but we do not have enough economic resources to do so. Fortunately we have changed many aspects to work different activities at the same time in an alternative way in class, but we are still very far from the class model of the video.

Katerina Velesiotou,Greece

2017-01-16 19:38:42 UTC

I teach music in Primary School and i haven't my own classroom.I have to go to the classroom of every teacher .It is usually organised with the traditional way .There is no colour ,there is nothing attractive .There are no technology tools in every classroom.I take my own laptop or I have to prepare everything at break.How could we speak for learning zones ? Is that possible???

Maribel, Spain

maribel_gortiz — 2017-01-16 19:52:55 UTC

Ok, I agree with the idea that it is almost impossible to arrange your classroom the same way as the one in Brussels: you need space, lots of technology and, of course, lost of money. Something we don't hev, I'm afraid. But we can always manage, can't we?
I used to teach English to adults. Not only adults, mind you. My classes were full of people from 16 on, and when I say that, I mean that I could have teenagers, doctors, firefighters and retired people in the same classroom at the same time. I used to arrange the desks in groups of 4 or 5 people (depeding on the space) and my favourite space was the one I "made" in a space outside the classroom itself. In the beginning it was planned as a kind of "waiting room". I arranged some tables and chairs, with English magazines, catalogues and so on. It ended up as a space where the students rehearsed their presentations, revised their homework and so on. It was not the perfect future scenario but it made the students feel comfortable and this is the main idea. Don't you agree?

Inga, Lithuania

daininga — 2017-01-16 20:11:38 UTC

wow.... Nice area. In Lithuania we do not have enough of funding to have such classes, but... I will try to use ideas from the video (i.e. Devide the room into zones (but without so many IT devices)).

Evi Kousidou, Greece

ekousidou — 2017-01-16 20:57:19 UTC

If only we had one classroom like this in every city or country, if not in every school. Nevertheless we first need teachers competent and trained to use education and learning environments like this, with the necessary inspiration and motivation.

Alicia , Spain It,s a nice area. In my husband´s school work with this type of organization. The students learn with others students and works together to get the knowledge, help each other.

2017-01-16 22:01:31 UTC

Ana Fonseca, Portugal: Our classrooms are still very traditional with the teacher in front of rows of students. but, as I said previously we have to adapt to the new changing world of technologies as well have in mind that students should be more active in their process of learning. So the classroom presented in the video is quite interesting because it provides sections for students to do their research and perform their work to present in the specific corner. I think it is much more appealing both for students and teachers.

2017-01-16 22:20:40 UTC

Anna Maria Tomaselli from Italy

2017-01-16 22:37:52 UTC

In this video I heard about students to be active researches as they have to manage information. Great!!!.
I, also, heard that it is needed new tecnology in the future classrooms. In my school, unfortunately, don't have internet in the classrooms. There is a lot to do.

Amelia De Chiara, Italy

amelia_dechiara — 2017-01-16 23:02:52 UTC

In my school, the classroom space is limited, the number of students is high, so we can't arrange different zones because of strong issue with safety and because there's no space. A classroom like the FCL is a dream!

Marzia, Italy

2017-01-17 06:01:00 UTC

I love those classrooms and learning model. Unfortunately it's almost a dream in the majority of italian old and overcrowded schools. We can at least try to develop the teaching methods....we italians are know for creativity and versatility

Gianluca, italy

Gianluca_Marano — 2017-01-17 09:16:52 UTC

in my school we are still in the stone age, our facilities do not allow you to work like in the video. I hope that soon there will be a revolution in the world of education.
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Maria Rosaria, Italy

mr_sorrentino — 2017-01-17 10:10:42 UTC

I could never organize my classes around learning zone since we can hardly move between students' desks! I'd focus on the investigation zone because once you have selected the material it can be easy to create even outside the school area.

Katarzyna Siwczak

2017-01-17 10:16:47 UTC

Well, what to say? At my school even the most recently created biological lab is far from the model when it comes to all the equipment… I’m afraid it’s a thing of the remote future… However, as a teacher, I believe I have to develop my IT skills all the time so that one day, when a lab like that is available for me and my students, I don’t feel completely lost!

HULYA BAL - TURKEY

2017-01-17 12:31:00 UTC

I was invited to Brussels for a project.
I saw FCL in Brussels. Furniture in the FCL lab is flexible. Students works in the all learning zones. We are conducting inquiry-based training in the biology laboratory at our school. Students ask questions, investigate, examine, experiment. Students describe our test results.

Gina Palumbo, Italy

ginapalumbo — 2017-01-17 14:01:32 UTC

I would like to have big classes to organize the work in a different way

Redesigning the environments of teaching and Learning means taking account of being the pass technologies support education and encourage new educational and teaching styles.

mariagrazia_caltanissetta — 2017-01-17 15:45:24 UTC

Maria Grazia (Italy)

Susana, Portugal

ssilva9 — 2017-01-17 18:57:51 UTC

What an amazing space! It would be a challenge to work in such environment. In fact I think I´m not prepared to such an approach. But I guess that´s why I´m doing all this self-actualization that includes this course. I´m so far away from that reality in my school. Classes are smaller spaces and not versatile. What can I do? What can I propose my school colleagues? Maybe going in little steps (baby steps…). Starting by creating “Investigate” and “Present” zone. Perhaps going a little further creating an "Exchange /Interact " zone.

Marko Brajković, Croatia

2017-01-17 20:22:18 UTC

I'm thrilled...I saw Future Classroom Lab before, even some of my friends have visited it...I like learning zones, that is something I have to think about in my classroom. I would start out with "investigation" zone, it is crucial to gather and manage right information so students could create or present something.

Alicia Serrano, Spain

aliserum41 — 2017-01-17 20:57:17 UTC

In my case, I work in a kindergarten where spaces are planned and organized by corners, in which they favor the development of a great variety of learning experiences. So we have a flexible space to work in areas, although not quite broad enough. In our educational cycle we would have to reflect on each learning area to find a way to adapt it to the characteristics of the child population with which we work.

The work developed through the different areas raised in the video, is a form similar to work by projects, where children bring ideas on a theme reaching a shared elaboration, which is presented in the form of mural, construction…

For work in future learning rooms, these early ages will require appropriate technological material, in addition to having the teacher an important role in the learning process of children as a guide and facilitator.

As for the presentation of the zones would be a proposal similar to the one that we carried out when introducing the corners in the classroom of infantile. The spaces could be presented little by little, following an order. Considering the same space for areas of interaction, exchange and development, where children exchange their knowledge and experiences, create learning together and relate. And on the other hand, the areas of research, creation and presentation, located in independent spaces.

Luigina Branà

gina_new — 2017-01-18 17:24:35 UTC

Italy
It is very difficult to think of such a change of classroom organization all in a time. It could be interesting to try to introduce one or more zone at a time, for one or two projects in a year for a start. I would start with the investigate zone, exchange, create and present zones, but introducing one of them at a time in a class divided in groups.

Maria Papadaki Crete-Greece

maria_agglika — 2017-01-18 19:09:48 UTC

Not the case in my country...not in a million years!

Catello de Sinno,Italy

2017-01-18 21:30:05 UTC

I find a little difficult to introduce learning zones in my classrooms that are often overcrowded. Then I share classroom spaces with other colleges that not always are interested in innovations. I think that such new organization should be shared by the whole school staff. But personally I often I try to involve my colleagues in school innovation process and future new classroom scenarios.

Joserra Zalakain,Spain

josezalaka — 2017-01-18 22:48:33 UTC

When I first watched this video -some months ago- it struck my attention and thought : Wow! This is what I want to get for our new school building
Now we have presented a project with some classrooms designed that way and we would like to gear into that direction , However, we would like to get more teachers into PBL to make it a common approach .

Regimantas Kaikaris, Lithuania

2017-01-19 10:19:05 UTC

It's really hard to make different zones for activities, because my classroom is very small... We should make a one classroom from two, if we want to make something like in this video.

Luciano Dereani

2017-01-19 11:01:26 UTC

In ideal world this is a wonderful setting. In real world is it difficult to realize: too many students for class, too few digital devices for indipendent research and learning and for collaboration, students not used to work like this way

Alice - Italy

wonderlittleali — 2017-01-19 11:01:47 UTC

Right now and in a short term future is really not possibile organise something like this in my school, maybe in the next years! But it's amazing! We can maybe do something similar asking student to search at home and then tell in classroom.

salvatriceloiacono — 2017-01-19 14:56:11 UTC

This class setting is very effective, but it needs large spaces, where to create the six areas and a job with a few pupils. I think we need to change the entire setup of the schools, as they are designed. Most of the Italian schools have small classes, which accommodate more than twenty boys, where there is no possibility of movement and interaction.

Valérie, France

iiseeproject — 2017-01-19 20:42:36 UTC

I am very lucky since I have a large classroom and it's organized rather with a group zone, that is also a tecahing zone and a "research" zone and the students can move freely. I still need to instal a kind of "free" learning zone. We are plannng a media room where the students could record themselves and shoot small videos but we have to think a bit more about it

elisa

mec972 — 2017-01-19 21:02:27 UTC

that's really interesting but our classrooms are overcrowded and we don't have adequate technological resources. ... Anyway, I'd like to experiment learning zones

Almudena Spain

romero_almudena — 2017-01-20 07:17:04 UTC

I have always used classroom organization as a resource but I have never been conscious of what a powerful resource it was. This course makes more than showing different ways of organising our learning zones, it makes me reflect about all my teaching practice.

Thomas, Germany

2017-01-20 07:32:06 UTC

I would be able to change the way my classroom is organized. But the problem is to get the permission to change the room from the headmaster.

2017-01-20 13:16:47 UTC

Shukufa Najafova Azerbaijan
As Josera says when I first watched this video - it struck my attention and thought : I think this is what I want to get for our new school building.
Now we have presented a project with some classrooms designed that way and we would like to gear into that direction , However, we would like to get more teachers into PBL to make it a common approach . Together my students we participate in lots of worldwide projects and get success. My students enjoy to work on this position. And must say that it can help them to strength their knowledge.

Brigitta, Romania

2017-01-20 18:24:38 UTC

I think learning zones are great if there is a chance to set them up. I wish I could offer my students these experiences. In our extremely old school building we, teachers always feel like reinventing things in order to embrace new technologies ... and there are yet so many people to convince of the advantages that I sometimes really feel like Don Quixote :) I always try to reshape new knowledge and ideas according to our possibilities. The bright eyes turning towards me and the smiling faces show it is worth it :)

Maria Antonietta

2017-01-20 18:41:11 UTC

A beautiful dream; I really like to think a lab school, I like the team-work, I like an inclusive and creative methods; I realize that I can, knowing the "ideal laboratory school" .My school is a old school, many Italian schools are old ,the schools have got small classrooms ,there are old and little space

Cristina, Spain

krisalpa — 2017-01-20 19:51:48 UTC

In my school, the space of the classroom is limited, the number of students is high and the technological resources do not advance at the same rate that this type of classroom requires, so at this moment it is difficult, but we will do our best to achieve In the long run a classroom like the FCL is a dream!

Mairead Ireland

2017-01-20 23:46:31 UTC

Our classrooms are not big enough to organise in this way. Technology is also limited as the whole school (16 classrooms) share ipads. We have interactive whiteboards in each class. We organise different activities during literacy/ numeracy lessons and could further develop these to ensure more independent zones allowing students independence in leading learning at each zone.

George, Greece

gliakeas — 2017-01-21 05:55:45 UTC

Apart from the general description of this video, it would be very interesting to have a video that shows a real (everyday) lesson from the beginning to end.

Joana, Spain

2017-01-21 10:47:20 UTC

Although our school is small and overcrowded in most classes, I have the privilege to do my classes in a big classroom with my special needs students. So, I haven’t realize the big opportunity to create different role environments and surroundings. I have some big tables and chairs, a projector and a computer,etc….I am encouraged to embed some of the parts of the future classroom framework (interact, present, exchange and maybe investigate) with my possibilities and, I will share my experiences with all of you. Honestly, I have to say that we haven't enough technology devices ( or money) for building the creative place.

Lareta Žubrinić, Croatia

lareta_zubrinic — 2017-01-21 12:27:04 UTC

Well, that is real refreshment from traditional classrooms! Design of learning zones and available technology is so great but, unfortunately, it's seems like a very distance future from my point of view.

Could you organize your classroom around learning zones? NO! If not, why not? Small, crowded classrooms, 45 minute lessons, sharing classrooms with other teachers, etc. How would you organize learning in the Future Classroom Lab? Which zones would you focus on or start out with?

If you give me the opportunity to visit FSL, I will be enthusiastically running from one learning zone to another:)

Like I said earlier, the material conditions in the classrooms at my school, and most schools in my country, does not satisfied the needs of the modern teacher. The government does not invest enough money in the ongoing modernization of school facilities.

Vincenzo Russo (Italy)

vincenzomm_russo — 2017-01-21 13:47:44 UTC

Wow... in my school I would just like to have classrooms with working computers and an Internet connection... The FCL is sci-fi for me! By the way, thinking about my school and the classrooms I and my students work in, I think I would increase the interact zone, the exchange zone and the create zone. They seem very useful in order to develop some key competences, such as learning to learn, social and civic competence, cultural awareness and expression.

María Concepción Pomar Rosselló (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)

2017-01-21 14:55:00 UTC

I think that this learning space in the video by Future Classroom Lab is simply awesome. It is aesthetically appealing and looks comfortable and well organised. As it is stated at the beginning of the video, the classical teacher-audience structure is turned into a dynamic space that facilitates movement and flexibility. The different areas are: create, investigate, present, interact, exchange, develop. All of them are focused on promoting lifelong learning either independently or with the help of the teacher, like in the interact zone, which is the one that more closely resembles a traditional classroom.

As for the question whether I could organise my classroom resemble a Future Classroom Lab I have to say I cannot because my teaching space is 100% online at VIU, but perhaps I will take this structure into account if I am to condition a space for private teaching at home. On the other hand, I could take this arrangement into account when designing activities for my students, for example designing one that fosters creativity, another fostering interaction, etc. I really like the categories in which the Future Classroom Lab is divided and I really would like to teach or be a student in such a space.

Oksana Nagorna (Ukraine

nagoksa — 2017-01-21 18:07:11 UTC

I`m enthusiastic teacher and I`d do all my best to make somekind of FCL in my school. I guess we could join some zones together, for example, exchange and interect zones. But it`s not possible to tell instantly how it will look like in my school in Ukraine. First, I think the school curriculum should be changed to make every day classes go beyond traditional calender curriculum and of course PBL must be on the first place. And then I think students would eager to go to school and study. Of course it`s my dream as a teacher to see FCL ib Brussels on my own eyes.

Arminda Pereira, Portugal

2017-01-21 18:35:44 UTC

Could you organize your classroom around learning zones? If not, why not?

No. Small classes with a high number of pupils, lessons of 45 or 90 minutes, sharing classrooms with other teachers.

How would you organize learning in the Future Classroom Lab?

Which zones would you focus on or start out with?

I would start out with the following learning spaces: Investigate, Create, Exchange and Present.

Share your thoughts on these questions and the Future Classroom Lab

The government does not invest enough money in the ongoing modernization of school facilities.

Alessandra Savona, Italy

aluccia_sav — 2017-01-21 18:39:19 UTC

1. No, it is almost impossible to organize our classrooms around learning zones as the ones shown in the video, because we have small classrooms, a lot of students per classroom, and our schools are not equipped with all the stuff that I have seen in the video.
2. I'd like to have something like that in my school, so, I might organize different workings on different rooms (the ITC lab, the Art Lab, etc) where the students can do the activities as shown on the video: doing their researches, creating and sharing a product, interact with their teacher.
3. I'd definitely start with the investigating zone to shift to the creative and the presenting zones after that.

Helen, Italy

2017-01-21 18:53:28 UTC

Lovely idea. Totally impossible without government investment in space and technology. Enough said.

Dora Romano

2017-01-21 20:49:44 UTC

(Matino, Italy)
Could you organize your classroom around learning zones? If not, why not?
Yes, it is possible if we are doing lesson in a laboratory (i.e. chemical lab or artistic lab).

How would you organize learning in the Future Classroom Lab?

Which zones would you focus on or start out with?

I would create zones where students can: Investigate, Create, Share knowledge, Present and self-develop

Share your thoughts on these questions and the Future Classroom Lab

Facilities are needed to start out with such an innovative way of learning. Anyway, the idea is really great!

Marília Bação (Portugal)

mariliabacao — 2017-01-21 21:38:30 UTC

Could you organize your classroom around learning zones? If not, why not?
It's difficult when the classroom is not very big and we have 30, 31,32 students. It'll also take so much time to organize it and then put everything together again.
How would you organize learning in the Future Classroom Lab?
I thing I would do it like in Brussels. But I think the most important is to change and to be able to change again: flexibility
Which zones would you focus on or start out with?
I'm not sure but maybe "investigate" with more devices to be able to investigate. On another way almost all students have their own devices and they bring them to school .The presentation zone is also very important

Millini Daniela, Italy

teacherman — 2017-01-22 13:56:45 UTC

No way we can organize our classes as suggested :) The rooms are too small and the students too many. We should make one class out of two, or organize some zones in a class and other zones in another - but this is quite difficult in Italy where the students are stuck in their OWN class and move only to go to some other classes, set up as 'laboratories' ( for example, Science, ICT, Art, Technology, Foreign languages). I think that at the moment the only way we can get some inspiration from Brussels Future Classroom Lab is to focus on the skills it works to enhance and turn them into time zones rather than physical ones; I mean, we can start getting our students used to INVESTIGATE TIME, CREATE TIME...And so on. I know it might look as a simplification, but we'd better start somewhere, if we really want to change something :)

Konstantina, Greece

2017-01-22 16:08:23 UTC

It is very important focusing on different learning styles that students might have.
I am afraid that I couldn’t organize my classroom around learning zones because we haven’t the necessary infrastructures such as enough space, the necessary equipment, interactive whiteboards etc. Moreover, as a teacher I am not used at this type of teaching and I should be trained at such practices. In the Future Classroom Lab I would organize learning as mentioned at the video. Probably I would focus on the zones of creativity and investigation.

Liliana Álvarez Blanco, Spain

liliana_sograndio — 2017-01-22 17:33:23 UTC

I would love to organise my clases around learning zones becuaseit would be more confortable and interesting. Currently, it would be imposible because not all the teachers agree.

Anna Chiarenza, Italy

2017-01-22 17:47:14 UTC

I have read my Italian colleagues' comments about the difficulties we face in organizing our school or classroom spaces in zones. Moreover, there are safety issues, such as earthquake, that makes it hard to create such zones in our old schools. It is time to build new schools taking into account that students and teachers need spaces organized differently.

Sadja, Serbia

vasaimara — 2017-01-22 21:56:36 UTC

Lovely idea. Totally impossible without space and technology now.

Concetta, Italy

concetta_drago — 2017-01-23 12:56:23 UTC

I think that the flipped classroom could help to organize the classroom around learning zones.The two zone "Present" and "Investigate" could be organized by giving materials and video to be watch at home. Creation and exchanging could be performed in the classroom. Finally developing and interacting could be a done also by using the ICT instruments.

Lia from Italy

lia_molini — 2017-01-23 13:22:24 UTC

Arranging classrooms around learning zones is very motivating for teachers and students. It can be the 1st step to change education. But... I cannot do it! First of all because my school is small comparing with the number of attending students; there aren't many spaces and classes are small. In addition, my school is situated into the earthquake zone and at the moment there are students from other schools in the same area in the same building. I try to arrange the classroom as a Future Classroom Lab but it is very hard! The zones I would start with are "Investigate" and "Create". I would focus on "Interact".

Luka from Croatia

2017-01-23 13:22:58 UTC

These learning zones look fantastic. Unfortunately, they are also utterly impossible in most schools in Croatia (if not all) since they just don't have the money to equip classrooms this way. However, doing learning zones on a smaller scale (we call them learning centers) is possible, and some teachers in Croatia have been using them for quite some time. The only difference between learning zones and learning centers, I feel, is that these are empowered by techonology, while in the learning centers we must do without, and use older materials (books in the reading center as opposed to e-books, real cubes for use in maths as opposed to maths apps, etc.) The only question I should pose regarding this video, is that all the students seem older. What about younger children? They need different stimulants, and am unsure on how they would react to the learning zones, and whether such an approach is really developmentally appropriate for them.

Tolga ERGÜN, Turkey

tigertolgahan — 2017-01-23 14:23:43 UTC

I m really impressed the idea of these zones. Maybe some of us can not do all the zones in class but these learning steps give students responsibility of learning and the same time fun of learning.

Keratso, Georgiadou

keratsog — 2017-01-23 19:27:04 UTC

Gabriela Sandru, Romania

gabrielasandru1 — 2017-01-24 08:01:50 UTC

I will definitely start with the Investigate zone - with learning occuring in our PC lab. Then the Create / Present zone can be set in the classroom.

Maite Fresnillo / Spain

mfresnillo — 2017-01-24 10:26:12 UTC

I find the experience presented in the video very nice but I think it is far from the reality of the majority of schools. In addition, the relaxed way of working suggest programs that allow people time to spend doing that kind of activities, something we don´t have in our country due to enormous syllabus that are even enlarging during the last years.

Pau Romeu, Catalonia

2017-01-24 10:47:54 UTC

I reckon that is a great idea to have this kind of classroom in our schools. As we know the education has changed a lot and it will change more and more in the near future, so we have to prepare our spaces for the present and this near future. It is also true that is quite difficult to introduce this kind of arrangement to the whole school, but with a great conviction every challenge is possible.

Barbara, Italy

2017-01-24 14:17:18 UTC

I see it as a project, an approach to keep in mind and try to develop despite the resources' lack. It may give some difficulties in class management, but if the students are really engaged and involved in what they are doing the results are more statisfying, both for them and the teacher.

Lucia - Italy

2017-01-24 18:37:55 UTC

Organizing a classroom the way I want would pretend I could be able to invest money, or, at least, I have a classroom on my own (or shared with my subject colleagues). This is not what happens in Italy.

Songul KURT/Paris

80songulkurt_sk — 2017-01-24 23:02:16 UTC

Future Classroom Lab leads to the attitude of lifelong learning, this helps independent learning, which is very important.The zones are explained very well I really like and look forward to teach and learn in this FCs, this is not the case where I teach in paris, cross fingers for FCL!

Inga, Latvia

elksne_inga — 2017-01-25 15:15:47 UTC

This classroom looks great, I guesss the students would love it. But if I think about the existig situation (I am talking about my school and teachers), I cannot imagine that it could happen...

Maria Rosaria Sabina

rosaria_sab — 2017-01-25 18:50:47 UTC

The ideal class requires organized and functional environments for learning skills with trained teachers and proactive. My class is not yet physically organized in this way but the teacher motivated the organized didactically with the help of available technology

Sanela Jukic, Croatia

sanela_jukic_sj — 2017-01-25 22:43:20 UTC

Wow, it looks amazing... I think I'm ready for it!
But I don't see it making to my school anytime soon...
The main problem is of course the money...
But I think I could try to work with what I have, I'll just use my imagination and make at least 2 or 3 zones for starters.

Alba, Barcelona

2017-01-26 16:16:01 UTC

Wow, I think it's so interesting theses organization of the class. In my school we are trying to make some changes but not that huge. When I saw the video I got some questions. "Is it really possible to work in a class like that with 32 students". How many teachers should be in that class to garantee that the learning is progressing?

Fadime Sezgek

2017-01-26 20:22:46 UTC

I think This classroom may be really a future classroom not the current one, at least in our school . But I would love to teach in such a classroom. And I will try to organize a few zones as a start.

Anna, Italy

luica771 — 2017-01-27 10:29:56 UTC

What to say? this is a real dream for every teacher! this Lab could be useful both to learn alone and in groups. We could help our pupils to learn how to think indipendently and how to organize their thoughts, their ideas.

Judit Xaus, Catalonia

juditxaus — 2017-01-27 12:52:56 UTC

I think it is a great challenge as it would change the methodology in a huge way. However, I believe this is the path we should follow. I think the creating and presenting zones are really interesting as they let the children speak their minds and invent, things most schools have left behind.

Rosana, Spain

2017-01-27 18:19:19 UTC

I really agree with the model of the learning zones.

As an infant teacher, my classroom is organized in groups, but I tried that children work in different activities at the same time and for your age is difficult.
Althouh, If is possible that they doing some relation activities. For example, when a group have finished their activity, they will start the next activity.

In my case is the most similar way to FCL.

Katarzyna, Poland

2017-01-28 09:56:17 UTC

Yes, this is absolutely the newest and the most atractive classrom I have ever seen. I Have attended workshops in FCL twice, so I know it. But unfortunately, after the first time, after coming back to my school, I could only change the area ofclassroom furnitures. FCL has nothing in common to normal Polish classroom with one board (so simply at it was 20 years ago) and from 2 years with one computer..... So.... I can only dream, dream, dream.... But I DO IT, so I hope one day I will have opportunity to build my classroom in that way. Another thing is the number of students - we have about 25...

Martyna, Poland

2017-01-28 14:10:00 UTC

I would love to work in such a classroom, certainly both teachers and students would find learning zones motivationg and attractive. Unfortunately I have to cope with the arrangement provided in my school - not enough space, too big groups. I hope one day ...

Šárka, English teacher, Czech

sarka_opatova — 2017-01-28 23:10:24 UTC

Firstly - I like that the space is colorful and varied, not rigid.
my current issue - we have to change classrooms and have only 10-minute break to run to our office and to another classroom. Not even mention to go to the bathroom, a luxury. You are not able to prepare almost anything before the lesson, keep things at the spot, etc.. I would LOVE to have my own classroom. Of course, with tablets, laptops, projector:) Fantasy..

QUESTION TO CONSIDER
There are around 30 students in an average classroom in many countries, aren't there? Have you tried it with this number?
In the video it looks like that in every zone there are just several students. It means that the SS would be at different stages of work.

My THOUGHT:
It is not manageable because of lack of space and number of students. Sorry.
Maybe it is not about zones, but IT IS ABOUT THE WORK STAGES and EQUIPMENT and from the video apparent STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING, COLLABORATIVE WORK and RELAXED ATMOSPHERE.

Mioara Paraschiv, Romania

2017-01-29 11:35:02 UTC

What should the maximum number of students be in the future classroom lad?

MªRosario. Spain

2017-01-29 12:07:18 UTC

Teaching in the classroom by zones is a very satisfying experience. The teachers of infantile education we have ample experience in this model

M. Elif Dönertaş, Turkey

2017-01-29 13:12:07 UTC

I have the opportunity to design my students working space as such. We already have investigate, create, present and interact but develop and exchange would also need to be in the fold to be able to prepare our students for the requirements of 21st century.

Cristina. Spain

2017-01-30 11:10:52 UTC

At the moment in infantile, already the organization of the classroom by zones is carried out. It is proven that it is very enriching and favors learning through the experience. From my experience, the most motivating areas when organizing a classroom should be:
- Meeting Zone/ Story/ zone
- Discovery Zone
- Art Zone
- Role Play Zone

Laura. Spain

laurariescocan — 2017-01-30 11:44:21 UTC

I like the different learning zones. But for my classroom I'd like to start little by little introducing the ones that I think I would use most. For example, the present zone, very important to develop speaking and communicative skills, that it's necessary for my English lessons and develop zone where I can collect all the supplementary materials, books and different activities. This one may be used also as a reward zone, where students go when they finished their tasks or make a good work.

Monica, Italy

MonicaP — 2017-01-30 13:32:47 UTC

I organize my classroom around learning zones many hours a week and they work with smartphones and tablets. Only few time I teach in the classic way (frontal lesson).My students love learning with these new teaching methods.

Daniela Dimitrova, Bulgaria

danisev — 2017-01-30 19:13:39 UTC

This is an extremely pleasant atmosphere. This is a very good atmosphere for the work of students and their supervisor. Here can take a lot of ideas for changing the classroom. It's very inspiring. I personally think about how I can implement at least part of it for my classroom. We need increased funding, which is a problem to us.

Magdalena M, Spain

2017-02-01 16:24:33 UTC

I love the concept of future classroom presented in the video. However, I’m not sure how viable it would be in Spain as classes have lots of students with a limited space. We would need bigger classrooms with less students and equipped with cutting edge technology.

Rosa/Italy

2017-02-02 17:57:01 UTC

Elvia, Italy

2017-02-03 15:00:51 UTC

In my school we are about to realize two TEAL classrooms , one for each building of the institution. Our project looks like those they have in Brussels.

María, Spain

isasama10 — 2017-02-04 06:41:05 UTC

I´d love to work in a remotely similar classroom, but secondary schools have at the moment limited space and a thirty students ratio. However, I believe that with an open attitude some minor changes could be implemented to enable research, creation, presentation, interaction, exchange, developing and team work to a certain extent. The future classroom lab will eventually come one day.

simone, italy

2017-02-04 08:39:01 UTC

actually, for my experience, such a classroom is a very remote wonderful dream, because of the lack of funds in the school system

Emiliana, Italy

emiliana_rufo — 2017-02-04 13:59:54 UTC

In my school we have a frontal setting of the classroom, but teachers have the opportunity to move desks and chairs to create a collaboration environment, at the end of the lesson anything must be put in the frontal way. When I change the setting of my classroom I concentrate on Interact, Present and Create, so I have to deepen the other possibilities.
One of my goal is to convince the Principal to let teachers organize the classroom in the way it is suitable to have an interactive lessons and let students develop their skills.

Anne Marie, Ireland

2017-02-06 19:08:24 UTC

My classroom changes depending on the tasks. It's a traditional layout and we move into groups at various stages in the day. I would love to have the space for more learning areas but don't so I have only one area where children can go to work independently or in a small group. Also I don't have the technology for some of the future classroom scenarios but I'm working on improving this.

Nunzia, Italy

2017-02-06 22:12:11 UTC

In my school I use two tipologies of organizzation of the classroom, depend of the tasks. If I want to create a team I prefer that students work together, otherwise I prefer learnig one by one calling their attention

Margarita M., Spain

2017-02-07 18:32:56 UTC

This classroom is really great! I would like to work in that classroom, but in my school I think is difficult to get it because we haven’t got flexible spaces. The classrooms are small and the number of students is high. We need more technological resources and get an suitable furniture for this kind of classroom.

Cristina Antal -Romania

2017-02-08 08:59:59 UTC

I love the idea of interact, investigate and exchange zones into the classrooms. It sounds great to interact and investigate. I like the classroom in the video, I would only add the natural light wich I consider necesary in an educational environment.

Rossella, Italy

rossellabattafarano — 2017-02-08 10:20:03 UTC

In southern schools of Italy there is not the space for 30 students, so it is difficult to think such organization of classroom. There is also the big problem of luck of money also to buy 1 computer for the all class.

Patricia, Germany

2017-02-08 18:41:08 UTC

The proposed way of learning arrangement sounds fantastic. I would be really interested though if such an environment is also possible with 25 students in primary school level. I already try to invole opportunities to move around during open tasks and choose personal working spots but such a proposed classroom seems still a bit too much of wishful thinking - with only one learning coach in the room...

Atanasija,Croatia

2017-02-08 19:44:33 UTC

If I would to have this kind of classroom it would be like a dream come true! I would be like a kid in a candy store! But, in reality, a share my classroom with two of my colleagues. In most of our schools in Croatia, this kind of classroom settings it near impossible. It requires, not only a sizable sum of money and curriculum changes, but also an reorganization of the school premises. Most schools in Croatia are working in two shifts because of the lack of space for all students.
When working with my students I usually reorganize layouts of classroom furniture (desks, chairs) for the purpose of my students when they work within the groups. Some teacher, including myself, apply different activities centers, a method form ISSA (International Step by Step Association). In my learning centers I would focus on research, create, present, interact, self development.

Ayşegül SONER, Turkey

rapunzeloftheturks — 2017-02-08 19:51:41 UTC

In my classroom, we don't organise our classroom like a future classroom lab because, the classes are very crowded and there is not enough place for organising learning labs. But in the future, If I have a few students , I especially want to organise interractive zones because learning language means communication.

Adriana ,Romania

adritoderic — 2017-02-09 18:30:33 UTC

In our school the classes are organised in a traditional way. We do not have such technology.

Mirela, Romania

scomi78 — 2017-02-09 19:47:12 UTC

In my school we can't organize classrooms on learning zones because we don't have enough space and technology to do that.

Carlo, Italia

Carlo_Russo — 2017-02-09 20:39:42 UTC

Probably it need too much room, so it's difficult to make in old schools.

I find it over the top when elsewhere students can't even attend school to learn how to read and write. Many schools have similar kind of rooms, just not in one classroom.

marionweininger — 2017-02-10 18:20:11 UTC

Adina, Romania

2017-02-11 07:30:56 UTC

I can only wish to have such a classroom... Unfortunately, in our country it is not possible yet. But the ideea of students presenting projects for peers online is very interesting as they spend so much time online playing or communicating every day.

Lucia Letizia, Italy

2017-02-11 12:18:03 UTC

I would love to organize learning in labs like this, because I believe in them the cooperation and flexibility are characteristic element, but in the context in which I live at the moment is not possible because the space is too limited.

Mariagrazia, Italy

Carlo_Russo — 2017-02-13 22:40:21 UTC

Need to have new school, new learning places.

Elisabetta, Italy

2017-02-14 19:19:45 UTC

In the school where I work activities in workshop zoned so articulated are impossible for two reasons:
• lack of adequate space;
• only one teacher in every class ... I believe that such activities should be left at the creativity of students, but that the role of the teacher as a mediator and guidance is crucial.

Today these lab activities, fixed a topic, can done alternating different group activities at home and at school.

Marta. Poland

meg_paa — 2017-02-14 21:18:14 UTC

Fantastic place with lots of possibilities I could only dream of. New approach to start with and small steps it's all I can do in my reality.

Cevat AYNA, TURKEY/Aydın

obec1970 — 2017-02-15 21:39:05 UTC

I dreamed and...
I organized my classroom 2 months ago like future lab model. We have also Lego Wedo robotic and coding lesson. Next level is to be a STEM A classrom. Maybe in 2 months :)

Livia, Italy

liv_ann — 2017-02-15 22:04:04 UTC

I'm completely convinced that it will be the future of the classroom organization, but actually is not possible such organization because of the lack of spaces .

Raffaella Papini

2017-02-18 13:57:34 UTC

Gabriella, Italy

gabriellacolucci3 — 2017-02-18 16:39:22 UTC

In Italian schools must be rethought from all points of view. It would be fantastic to redesign spaces to promote learning. Students learn with different styles so they need different times and places and above all exchanges to to confront and grow. If then there were all possible technologies, each school would be a real laboratory of learning by doing.
Unfortunately in Italy this process is still slow because of the physical spaces are not adequate. First it should change the spaces of the classrooms: change the arrangement of the furniture, using materials and colors consistent with the age of the students, to make it more livable and attractive learning spaces.

Violeta, Lithuania

rsmcdeksniene — 2017-02-18 16:52:26 UTC

It's amazing. I think we should start work like this in early childhood education.

Derya, Turkey

derya_kurt1 — 2017-02-18 18:09:41 UTC

Theory is amazing but the feasibility of it .... I am not very sure about that. As a teacher I love learning zone design in classroom, but wwhat about crowded classes? Waht about governmental policies about supplyng materials to the schools? These are only few of the factors that affect the feasibility of these ideas. If all these obstacles are dealt with, I would love to have these learning zone in my class design.

Anabela Fernandes

anahuila — 2017-02-18 19:17:25 UTC

I have already had the opportunity to visit a future classroom lab and, in fact, it is a wonderful place to work at. However, even if we wanted, this would not be possible in our school. Our classrooms only have desks and chairs and there is a single computer in the teacher's desk. However, all classrooms have video projectors and some interactive whiteboards. Also, we, the teachers, are always changing classrooms, there is not a culture of having a class in the same room the whole day. Sometimes we go into a classroom, change the way the chairs and desks are organized and, 100 minutes later, we have to leave it the way it was before. So, it is not practical at all. What can we do!?

Suzana Pimentel

2017-02-19 19:43:07 UTC

I love the concept of future classroom presented in the video.

Diego Padoan

2017-02-20 11:52:01 UTC

This hidea is fantastic, but the learning ministerail programs are limitant because in one year we theachers have to talk about fixing programs and arguments.

Isabel Cachada

2017-02-20 13:23:20 UTC

It´s amazing but i'm not very sure if it´s possible in a short time, in Portugal.

Claudia GUINA - Romania

2017-02-20 21:45:00 UTC

This concept is interesting and useful.

Stefania Altieri

stefaniaaltieri73 — 2017-02-21 08:29:01 UTC

Are we all ready for that?

ANTONINA PUSATERI, (Italy)

antonellapusateri — 2017-02-21 13:45:13 UTC

I really enjoy this experience because I believe that Brussels
Redesign the teaching and learning environments means taking account of how technology can support education and encourage new educational and teaching styles.

Miguel Ángel Frías, Spain

2017-02-22 00:43:27 UTC

I think there should be appropriate learning spaces in schools, as learning laboratories. The stage, furniture, resources, decoration, colors, .. is all important to ensure comfort and thus promote motivation towards learning. Unfortunately we find ourselves with a different reality: there are no spaces endowed with adequate characteristics in schools and classes are numerous hindering the freedom of movement in the classroom.

Jennie, Sweden

jennie_ivarsson — 2017-02-23 10:19:28 UTC

I like the thought of a learning lab! This kind of creative zones opens up opportunities to different kind of learning styles - and teaching styles. There are som many possibilities for the students to acquire different kind of skills. However, it requires financial resources, which many schools doesn´t have...

Cristina Muntean, Romania

cristinahelena2108 — 2017-02-23 17:58:44 UTC

It's very interesting and helpful but unfortunately it's not possible in all schools.
You need space, you need new labs, new technology, etc.

Roberta Condomitti - Italy

2017-02-24 17:02:46 UTC

Roberta Condomitti - Italy

2017-02-24 17:06:57 UTC

I like learning ab! Sometimes I use a creative zone. I teach a subject (math) that I wasn't like when I was a student then I try to teach its making it amusing and uniting to the theory with the body moviments.
For example, two yars ago, to teach equivalence I went in palestra with my student and make thm jump to simulate the passage betwee unit measures.
Theachin English with this view is more sipler because using the web and cd is easy to unite Knowlwdge with body moviements.

Sevasti Milona, Greece

2017-02-24 17:43:51 UTC

I would be very happy if I could work in this way. I wish to have the necessary training to succeed and the right equipment.

HASAN TURGAY ÖZÇELİK

mavimavi2316 — 2017-11-30 08:11:44 UTC

This model necesery and usefull...interesting...

Giusi c. Italy

castrogiuseppa63 — 2018-01-20 11:02:23 UTC

In Italian schools must be rethought from all points of view. It would be fantastic to redesign spaces to promote learning. Students learn with different styles so they need different times and places and above all exchanges to to confront and grow. If then there were all possible technologies, each school would be a real laboratory of learning by doing.
I teach a subject (math) that I wasn't like when I was a student then I try to teach its making it amusing; Sometimes I use a creative zone.

HACER, TURKEY I like this lab.I think it is very useful for creativitiy

2019-11-07 11:44:21 UTC