1. Build a Team
Create a Vision
Start with Program
Develop Resources and Create Spaces to Support
a Learning Together Program
Gather Evidence and Keep on Getting Better
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2. 17. Form follows
function
It seems obvious but is
often forgotten:
Teaching and
Learning should
shape the building,
not vice versa.
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3. Library and Learning Learning for
Computer Lab Commons the Future
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4. Flexibility (furniture and schedule)
Wireless
Networking places and spaces
Productivity spaces and tools
Comfortable and stimulating
Books and resources kids want and need
Books and computers don’t get in the way
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5. Equitable access
Celebration of learning
Exemplary learning experiences – relevant
and real world
Individual, small groups, large group
A Cultural center – Listening Lunches
Centre for Professional Learning Teams
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26. …learning should be
viewed in terms of
environment – combined
with the rich resources
provided by the digital
information network
where the context in
which learning happens,
the boundaries that define
it, and the students,
teachers and information
within it all coexist and
shape each other in a The Allen Center in New
mutually reinforcing way. Zealand
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A New Culture of Learning
