How school environments can stop penalizing deep focus — and start building infrastructure for it. It’s an Emergency Walk into any traditionally designed school hallway between class periods. The fluorescent lights hum. Lockers slam.
Category Archives: Flexible Learning Spaces
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Feb
Feb
Hocus Pocus! Everyone Focus!” “1 – 2 – 3, eyes on me!” “Criss Cross Applesauce” “Feet on the floor, cheeks in the seat” The list of ‘attention getting’ calls and responses continues for miles and miles. Although these rhythms and rhymes can be used as helpful tools, there’s an underlying expectation that should be highlighted […]
26
Jan
Jan
Let’s Start at the Beginning Throughout each academic year, instructional staff meet to review their Scope & Sequence. This is essentially personnels’ road map for instruction. Over the course of 10 months, administrators, grade level teams, and support staff will pour into these Scope & Sequence; breaking them down into quarters, trimester, unit plans, until […]
29
Dec
Dec
Too often, learning spaces are designed and compartmentalized based on generic perception of what education is rather than what it can or should be.
11
Dec
Dec
Monumental shifts are happening… and monumental shifts are on the horizon… The question isn’t whether to make these shifts, but how quickly and thoughtfully can they be done. Learners of all kinds—and a rapidly changing world—are waiting. If you’re an educator, designer, architect, administrator, learner, rep… don’t walk, sprint into 2026 – a year where […]
Agile Learning Spaces, Educational Spaces, Equitable Learning Spaces, Flexible Learning Spaces, Learning Spaces, Safe Learning Spaces, Uncategorized
learners need more than a safe place.
03
Nov
Nov
A learner’s well-being doesn’t stop at physical distancing. They desperately need developmentally, socially and emotionally safe spaces as well.
Blog, Educational Furniture, Educational Spaces, Flexible Learning Spaces, Uncategorized
The Story Behind the RockerOttTM. The Original Rockstar.
08
Sep
Sep
The award-winning NorvaNivel ROCKEROTT is the first of its kind. Lightweight, flexible, and truly versatile. The original RockerOtt was and still is a seating solution that can support learners through all their natural body movements and learning needs, as well as channel physical learners’ excess energy to focus on their tasks at hand.
Agile Learning Spaces, Educational Spaces, Equitable Learning Spaces, Flexible Learning Spaces, Learning Spaces, Safe Learning Spaces, Uncategorized
How COVID can make us better
27
Aug
Aug
COVID-19 has definitely impacted global education. How do we sustain distance (albeit temporarily) in learning environments while ensuring it doesn’t become the overriding principle in space design?
Agile Learning Spaces, Blog, Educational Spaces, Equitable Learning Spaces, Flexible Learning Spaces
A SPACE FOR EVERY CHILD; NOT A SEAT AND DESK.
31
Jan
Jan
Learning environments are a question of equity. What works for one learner doesn’t necessarily work for the other. Effective learning spaces need to meet the diverse needs of ALL learners. Educators who embrace this understand that the learning environment plays an intricate role and is essentially the “third teacher.” They use the space to leverage […]