Media in my Classroom

I have never really considered what media I would have to use in my classroom before, but today I read an article that really made me think about the future classroom. I had always assumed that I would have a white board and markers to use to present information to my class, and of course I also assumed that I would have books to use in my classroom with my students. But I had never considered arranging the furniture a certain way to allow the children to work together with more ease, and I had also never considered that one day every student in my class might have their own personal laptop that they bring to class every day. Another form of media I had never considered being in my class is a bridge between the classrooms so that when necessary classes could merge to share what they learned.

I love the idea of new forms of media in my classroom, the only thing I would really have to change about my teaching style would be to include more cooperative learning.

When deciding what media to use in my classroom I would have to determine if the students would be learning equally or if some students would be learning more than others, for example when arranging the furniture or creating a bridge between classrooms for more cooperative learning. Another factor that I would have to consider when choosing which media to use in my classroom would be how distracted my students might be, for example with the personal laptops, they might be playing on them and not paying attention to their lessons. But other than that I would be elated to add any new media into my classroom to engage the students and enhance their learning environment.

http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/01/18/designing-the-21st-century-k12-classroom.aspx