All the furniture in the world won’t matter if there’s not real change in the learning environment, the opportunities for kids, and the style of inquiry offered…
We can set up awesome spaces in our schools, but it’s really about what we share with each other.
It’s about the play our kids will experience in these spaces, in one room, in two rooms, hopefully in our entire schools.
It’s about moving beyond the “technology integration events” we once knew and making learning about so much more than a device.
It’s about empowering kids to learn, their way, and to teach us what that means.
It’s about honoring their minds, their hearts, and their souls… because after all, it IS about them.
It’s about knowing that the very thing that makes us all human is that we are unique individuals, and embracing that, even if it challenges us to think differently, change ourselves… no especially if it challenges us to change ourselves.
And then to share what we change, because we have the tools to help each other, through sharing.
While we share,we must also never forget… there is a kid wanting to share with us. And we need to provide the room, space, and opportunity for that to happen.
Because then it won’t be about a room in the school, it will be about what pours from within our kids, and what’s been waiting to pour from kids all along. Together, we can make that happen. And then some.
