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http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/learning-spaces/ "We take you on the journey from developing your vision and communicating it to others, through to evaluation of your new space. Our case studies have a wealth of practical hints and tips and...

New post on Open Learning Spaces: As we get close to finalising the design for our school’s second stage build much of the attention is on the nature of the smaller spaces within. We know that our new hubs will accommodate three teachers and...

As we get close to finalising the design for our school’s second stage build much of the attention is on the nature of the smaller spaces within. We know that our new hubs will accommodate three teachers and up to 90 learners but exactly what is the...

http://openlearningspaces.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/open-learning-spacesand-smaller-spaces.html

We have a 2 storey building with 8 classrooms- 5 of which ar eused as classes, 1 for library, 1 as wharenui, and 1 for small gropus/ reading recovery/ computer suite.  I wish to take us into 21st C environments accepting the constraints that...

Great blog post on collaboration from Chris Bradbeer: "Listening to teachers talk about teaching in a collaborative learning space – three teachers and up to 90 students as opposed to one teacher and 30 students - and one is struck by how...

The TED video Derek mentions in his latest blog post: Building Better Schools- What We Value Most "How can we measure what makes a school system work? Andreas Schleicher walks us through the PISA test, a global measurement that ranks countries...