Schools+of+the+future

__Schools of the future.__

I think schools of the future will have more adaptable space, not just classrooms that are static. I think the areas will be furnished in a more adaptable and child friendly way than our standard classrooms, including laptops that are portable and can be moved from area to area when needed. I believe that laptops will become more available than the use of static pc's. I envisage areas, rather than rooms, where children, and adults, are encouraged to be more creative with their learning. I think outside areas will be utilised more with the event of wifi so that children will be able to take laptops outside to work. Instead of children being taken out to collect information and then back into a classroom to record their findings children will be able to to all their work outside in learning areas. At the moment I am lucky enough to have my own room to work/teach in (which unfortunately I will loose next year as it will become a standard classroom) I only have 2 tables which can be folded away and utilise the whole floor space as a teaching/learning area. This enables children to be able to be more creative and hands on with their learning. We have been able to use Tuff Cams for the children to film their own films on PHSE topics such as peer pressure which the children wrote their own scripts for. In a standard classroom this would not have been possible. We also used the playground to film in to make it more realistic. I feel children learn more when they are enjoying what they are doing and don't see their learning as a "lesson". The childrens behaviour also tends to be much more positive as the children are engaged in what they are doing and enjoying it. I would like learning in schools to reflect what happens in the real world more and for us to educate children in a way that will enable them to become successful citizens of the future by utilising their unique talents in a way that engages them and their personalities rather than teach a subscriptive curriculum focused on testing and league tables.