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"As school boards address the overall challenge of social media use within schools, they should focus on the reality that the impact no longer lies only on the individual and local schools. Social networks include students and teachers all over the world and, therefore, teaching and coaching on digital literacy for teachers and students is where the focus should rest. Knowing how to build successful communities of learning and how to integrate social connectivity within a learning environment is a much more needed outcome than finding a way to control and monitor specific users and content."

Form followed function at school in Minneapolis based on students doing real work, feeling welcome in learning environments.

Subtitled "Designing for the Future of Learning."  About school design, includes Noble High School (ME) plans and photos.

Kids learn from teachers, peers, and the physical environment.  Video about flexible, connected, adaptive spaces and furnishings designed with adolescents' physicality and 21st century learning in mind.

Why school buildings must change