Classroom design recipe is a learning and teaching tool that aims to propose opportunities to rethink classroom space design in order to facilitate and support learning and influence innovative teaching practices. Additionally, Classroom Design Recipe inspire teachers to change, use and prepare the classroom space to support and facilitate learning activities.

1. Student’s P.O. Box
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2. Why
Why use this card? Benefits classroom users’ will get
when they use this card:
• Motivating students to interact with each
other through their P.O boxes.
• Enhancing classroom users’ interaction with
the space. Besides, classroom walls will not be
a solid rigid boundary around students any
more because this card will make the
classroom wall communicate with its users.
• Supporting teachers’ communication with
students. Teachers will be able to
communicate with their students’ through
their P.O boxes.
• Helping students to define and express
themselves to other students. (How do they
want others to see them?)
• Creating a 3-dimensional classroom display.
• Providing a space for students to personalise.
• Providing teachers with an area to reward
students and appreciate their work.
• Teachers could use the box as a mediator
between them and their students.
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3. How
What do you need to apply this card?
How to apply this card.
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What do you need in order to apply this
idea?
• Shoe box
• Stick
• A4 size cardboard
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4. How
What do you need to apply this card?
How to apply this card.
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How to apply this idea.
1. Ask each student to bring an old shoe box.
2. Ask each student to personalise her/his box.
For example: colour it, cover it with wrapping
paper, cover it with colourful patterned paper
or use any other ideas using different
materials with different textures such as: sack
cloth, wool, silk, cotton, fabrics, feathers,
glass, aluminium, tiles , shells, leather, paper
plates. Ask students to be creative in designing
their box.
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5. How
What do you need to apply this card?
How to apply this card.
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How
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3. Glue a stick to A4 size cardboard.
4. Ask students to define themselves on this A4
size paper. Ask them: “How would you like to
define yourself to others?”
5. Use the side of the box to reward students.
For example, stick a gold star on their box
when they do something good; the winning
student is the one with the highest number of
stars.
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7. How
What do you need to apply this card?
How to apply this card.
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6. Teachers could use the box as a mediator
between them and their students. For
example: teachers could send messages to
them or hide questions and puzzles in the box
and ask students to look for them.
7. Students can be given the opportunity to send
letters to each other via the box.
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8. How
What do you need to apply this card?
How to apply this card.
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9. What
What do teachers expect when using this card?
How might the learning space look?
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10. What
What do teachers expect when using this card?
How might the learning space look?
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11. Apply and Share
#Classroom_Design_Recipes
#Student’s_P.O_Box #your_ name
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