Seating

 

     Let's Talk About Seating.

     One seating plan I implemented
that worked well had all the students
seated in traditional rows, by team,
for the first part of the class when they
worked independently.

     Then, in the second part of the period,
each row clustered its seats together
and worked as a group.  This way,
they were always organized physically as teams.

     This made it easier for them to help
their team members and for me to conduct 
games or contests to motivate them.

     ANOTHER seating arrangement that
I remember from high school worked well
for foreign language.  There were three
rows on the left and three on the right,
facing each other.

     The teacher taught the language
class walking up and down between
the three rows, this arrangement
making each student very accessible
for conversation practice
with the teacher.

     And it was also very easy
for the instructor to stride quickly
to the front of the room to access
the blackboard and instructional
technology.

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