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On Aug 30, 2010, at 4:02 PM, "Bassett, Patrick" <bassett@nais.org> =
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> From: Bassett, Patrick
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 4:02 PM
> To: Team Leaders
> Subject: FW: Slate project on building a better classroom
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> I don't know anyone who has seen more classrooms than I, all over the =
world, but I haven't yet seen one that wasn't a box with movable parts =
(chairs, desks, manipulatives, technology, etc.) It may be that the =
best idea is to leave the classroom behind (experiential ed as the =
norm), but SLATE is looking for the best ideas to work within the new =
classroom. Anyone seen anything different, a classroom designed for the =
future in a way that is truly different and innovative?
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> Cheers.
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> PFB
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> "What we learn to do, we learn by doing." (Aristotle, 384-322 B.C.)
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> Patrick F. Bassett, President
> NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools
> 1620 L St., NW, Washington, DC 20036
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> From: Linda Perlstein [mailto:lperlstein@ewa.org]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 3:48 PM
> To: Bassett, Patrick
> Subject: Slate project on building a better classroom
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> Hi Pat,
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> I'm the public editor for the National Education Writers =
Association<http://ewa.org/> and will be leading a crowdsourcing project =
for Slate<http://www.slate.com/> magazine on building a better classroom =
for 21st century learning. Previous =
"Hive"<http://www.slate.com/id/2244683> projects, as they're called, =
have taken on suggested improvements in energy efficiency and urban =
transportation. Starting in a month, readers will be asked to suggest =
ideas for completely rethinking the way classrooms are built, and we'll =
select finalists and a winner. (Not that there is an actual prize.) =
Slate's partners in this project are Coca-Cola and Arizona State =
University.
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> I was wondering if you could think of anyone in the private-school =
world who has thought innovatively along these lines-if you can think of =
examples of schools that have done anything notably different in the way =
classrooms are designed (especially if it's done so in a way that is =
integrated with a specific philsophy of educating students). If you can =
think of anyone good to talk with, please be in touch, by phone or =
e-mail.
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> Best,
> Linda
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> Linda Perlstein
> Public editor
> Education Writers Association
> lperlstein@ewa.org<mailto:lperlstein@ewa.org>
> www.educatedreporter.com<http://www.educatedreporter.com>
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