Artifact Description: Classroom bird-view, using drawing tools
What you learned: This assignment was a little more challenging
than the bridge. It took longer to complete. However, it was more exciting because I could envision what my real classroom may look like one day. The door was the most challenging to me, as I could not get that arch the way I wanted. I learned to use multiple layers like where the door goes and aligning everything perfectly is more challenging than I expected. I found myself moving my desks around, as I could not decide what I wanted my classroom to look like. At first I had a standard classroom set up, but I remembered how boring that was. I then used as inspiration the classroom I went to visit last semester for my Field Observation. I hope to have a classroom as big as the one I designed, so I can have space for everything I envision.
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS)•T
Addressed:
Standard 6: Students communicate clearly and express themselves
creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals.
Application of Skills Learned for the Future: I loved being able to
design my own classroom. I hope to use this skill in the future when I become a teacher to know how much furniture and extra stuff I can bring in. I hope to one day teach Kindergarten or 1st grade. I personally love the carpet area, because you can gather all the little ones in one space close to you and they are more likely to pay attention rather than having them seating on their desks. The easiest part was the windows and the student’s desks. The hardest was putting the classroom together and deciding where everything goes. This assignment could also be applied with a bedroom or an office.