Development of Digital Learning Spaces
A school environment is important to positive learning. It is unfortunate that a great number of public inner city schools are in old buildings. Most of these buildings reflect the time period in which they were built. These old building have out dated, electrical wiring, classroom furniture, flooring, teaching boards that will not accommodate today's computer technology. These buildings must be renovated in order to set a Digital Learning environment. Renovation is the key to setting a digital learning space.
Once the school building has been renovated, the learning should increase. When students are in an environment where they feel comfortable, it makes them eager to learn. Students like to move around and talk to their classmates, digital learning spaces give them that opportunity while learning at the same time. For some students, the idea of sitting in a classroom for hours is a real deal breaker to learning, but when the space is open to allow mobility, it allows the student to operate in an environment that promotes their interest to learn.
David Thornburg's four online learning styles would be usable in a digital learning space. Thornburg four forms of learning are campfire (lecture), watering hole (online/in class discussion), cave (person time to reflect), and world (share/solve problems). During the lecture, the students could use computer technology to take notes. Because of the movable chairs/desk, the students can easily move into small groups for discussion period. After group discussion, students can move to a quite place to reflect on the lecture and group discussion to draw their own conclusions. At the close of the lesson, students may share/solve problems using various forms of technology applications.
Digital learning spaces will eventually take over old style learning environments.
Once the school building has been renovated, the learning should increase. When students are in an environment where they feel comfortable, it makes them eager to learn. Students like to move around and talk to their classmates, digital learning spaces give them that opportunity while learning at the same time. For some students, the idea of sitting in a classroom for hours is a real deal breaker to learning, but when the space is open to allow mobility, it allows the student to operate in an environment that promotes their interest to learn.
David Thornburg's four online learning styles would be usable in a digital learning space. Thornburg four forms of learning are campfire (lecture), watering hole (online/in class discussion), cave (person time to reflect), and world (share/solve problems). During the lecture, the students could use computer technology to take notes. Because of the movable chairs/desk, the students can easily move into small groups for discussion period. After group discussion, students can move to a quite place to reflect on the lecture and group discussion to draw their own conclusions. At the close of the lesson, students may share/solve problems using various forms of technology applications.
Digital learning spaces will eventually take over old style learning environments.
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