EDU221RoomArrangement

1. Chapter 1 in //Classroom Management// describes the importance of organization in the classroom. Using the online tool provided by the publisher at http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/class_setup/, or using the draw tools in Word, or using another digital tool of your choice, make 2 scale drawings of your mentor's classroom (or as close to scale as you can get). One scale drawing should be the way the room is currently arranged. The other scale drawing should be of another possible configuration of the room (it can be better or worse or "just different" than the way the room is currently arranged).

Things to know about the Scholastic tool: 1. You can't save what you've created, only print it. So if you stop or lose your internet connection, everything will be lost and you have to start over again. 2. You can either print the diagram to paper and then scan it, or if your computer has the capability, you can print it straight to .pdf. 3. You can only rotate shapes by 90 degree increments, so if you want to show room items at 45 degree angles or any angle other than 90, this tool will not present an accurate representation.

Here are 2 diagrams of possible configurations of the Computing Center 104. They are .pdf files made using the Scholastic tool.

Here are some diagrams made using Word of possible configurations of a room in the Education Center. http://sp07.wikispaces.com/Room+Arrangements

2. Using the tool(s) of your choice (screen shots, Word, wiki, blog, webpage, ...) create a document or electronic presence that shows the two diagrams and your comparison of the two. We should be able to see simultaneously the two arrangements as well as your comparisons (don't make the reader click on a file or have to open multiple windows to see the two diagrams). Your text can be a bulleted list, an outline, a paragraph...whatever suits your style and what you have to say. Be sure to address the 5 keys to good room arrangement from the chapter. You do not have to tell which arrangement is your mentor's current arrangement.

3. Post your final creation or a link to your final creation to the class artifacts page.