Ready for Back to School? Part 2

Last week I shared two online book options (Storyline Online and Skeleton Creek). This, week, how about something for your classroom? Are you keeping the same room or are you moving to a new room? Maybe you are getting a new computer, more students, or just want to change the room for better flow.

Example floor plan



Classroom Architect is a fun way to play with the set up of your room before you start moving desks, tables, bookshelves, etc.

Start by choosing the dimension of your room, then drag objects (desks, shelves, tables, rugs, etc.) onto the floor plan. You can rotate, easily delete, and even draw your own objects.



Classroom floor plan tools and canvas

Look at an example floor plan and listen to an audio description of the why’s behind certain placement of centers and desks (currently, there is an elementary example, but junior and senior high examples will be available soon).

Do you want to set up your classroom for optimal learning and exploration? Read about learning goals for setting up your floor plan.

When you are all done, print your new floor plan and take it to school. Or, if you want to play with the arrangement a little more, save it.  Keep in mind that the saved floor plan can only be viewed and edited on the computer that it was originally created on.

So, go have fun and arrange your room without breaking a sweat.