· Classroom
organization can be successful when the physical environment is safe and well constructed. Everything from desks to working spaces for both teachers and students and storage for materials, are considered when dealing with the organization of a classroom.
- Jerry Blumengarten, who taught various subjects, for 32 years, in New York City, created Cybrary Man. Out of the four websites I researched, Cybrary was the only one that had sections for all stakeholders in education (educators, students and parents). This stood out to me because it truly takes active participation from all to ensure academic and social success in students. Parents are given advice on how to handle bullying, poverty and the effect of violence, TV and radio, on the youth. This is while students gain knowledge on their schoolwork, homework help and educational games. Educators are provided with resources such as lesson plans, managing, arranging and organizing a classroom and how to set up a classroom.
➢ Examples
that Support Successful Learning Environments:
- Cybrary initially suggests contacting administrators and janitors, before putting and acting on a plan for the classroom. This is important because you need to know your limits before acting on them.
- Ask other teachers for help. Cooperative learning should not be limited to students.
- Create a blueprint of what you want your room to look like
- Cybrary offers tips on how to redesign a classroom and what to think about when setting up a successful learning environment.
I enjoyed that Cybrary took into consideration
letting school administrators know when a teacher plans to change up their
classroom. Sometimes, educators get so worked up in what could be, because
of the countless assumed possibilities, but forget to do their research
first.
