This quote made me think:
“I have just got to take pictures of my room for you, just been so busy. But this year, I wanted to wiki-fy my walls. I want the very walls of my room to be places where students express and share what they are doing. I’ve done this in two ways. I have used velcro to stick small dry erase boards EVERYWHERE and also have used brightly colored duct tape to designate certain areas on my wall for certain types of things to be shared.” ~ CoolCat Teacher-Victoria A. Davis http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2009/10/striving-to-wiki-fy-my-room.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CoolCatTeacherBlog+%28Cool+Cat+Teacher+Blog%29
What Davis is suggesting makes a lot of sense. If we want a generator of inventors, scientists, thinkers, etc, we have to create and provide the opportunities to do such things. Cool Cat also provides a link to http://ideapaint.com/site/ideapaint_school.html You must check this out! Its is so cool! We can take one coat of paint and create a 3D virtual dry erase board for students, or it can be limited to student desks or spaces that we designate. The idea is to create space in which students can write their own ideas, plans, sketches, and inventions. You might think this encourages graffiti, but have we ever thought that people who do such acts are just wanting to be heard. Someone needs to listen to them, so why not give students a space to share their ideas in a constructive way. Pretty cool I thought!
