Learning+Environments

"The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn."**//Alvin Toffler//
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Use the articles below (you also welcome to research and find more) to learn the principles of a 21st century learning environment. Work with your group members to jot down important points in the space below.

__**21st Century Learning Environments**__ [|Deconstructing 21st Century Environments] [|P21 calls for reevaluation of learning environments]

__**Your Mythbuster Challenge!**__ Urban Myth: //We cannot construct a true 21st century learning environment immediately due to administrative, parental, and monetary constraints.// 1. Your group will attempt to design a 21st century classroom. 2. Your group will create a product demonstrating your classroom. 3. Your group will present the product.

__**Ideas for your product:**__ draw out a concept and describe orally create a skit make a (short) movie with pictures or interviews a PowerPoint presentation slideshare presentation create a wiki to share with your group or school whatever your big creative minds can come up with!

__Group 1:__ //Keywords//: Concepts :

__Group 2:__ //Keywords//: flexible, community involvement, fully integrated technology, collaboration, social interaction Concepts : Studio-based training, Pro amateurs, building relationships for effective learning, modified Dewey's Constructivism-passion-based learning; whole environment for the whole child; Going from "Learning to be" to "learning about"

__Group 3:__ //Keywords// : Flexiblity, Global, Community, Collaborate Concepts : Flexable Time, Schedule, Classes & Classrooms Public Space Community Involvement Not a place, but an idea Project Based - Student Centered Library is a support to learning. Students will need to gain new skills outside of the learning enviornment.

__Group 4:__ //Keywords//: flexible, whole child, collaboration, technology, community, positive human relationships, relevant learning, student engagment, interaction, inquiry based, comfortable Concepts :