David Jakes (@djakes) is not only one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet, he’s also an amazingly knowledgeable and articulate educator with fantastic insights into the design and redesign of learning spaces. He recently spent two years working with The Third Teacher (@thethirdteacher) helping organizations worldwide design and redesign learning spaces, and he’s continuing work in this area as an independent edu-preneur. David was our keynote speaker yesterday at the 2016 ISAS-T Conference in Dallas, Texas, which is an event for technology directors and staff of independent schools. I documented my learning from David’s three sessions on Twitter, and this morning created a Storify archive of those tweets to both preserve and share these learning nuggets for myself and others. If you or your organization are interested in designing or re-designing learning spaces, or you are looking for a fantastic conference/event speaker on learning spaces, David Jakes is the educational consultant you need to invite over.
Here are a few of my favorite individual resources or statements from David yesterday.
your learning space should be AN INVITATION INTO AN EXPERIENCE. What is your 'threshold experience?' by @djakes cc @sfryer #16isast #isast
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016
"1st step in redesigning the classroom is to discard the notion that it has to be a classroom" by @djakes #16isast #isast cc @sfryer
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016
Favorite picture of learning for @djakes #16isast #isast (it's a crooked road!) cc @sfryer pic.twitter.com/3t7PLXg4pJ
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016
"Is your classroom and school a basecamp of wonder?" by @ChristianLong @WONDER_ByDesign via @djakes #16isast #isast cc @sfryer #OklaEd
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016
Great collection of classroom, school & learning space design / redesign by @djakes https://t.co/8td8E1orar #16isast pic.twitter.com/jwI1nJtw9i
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016
Watching [VIDEO] by @Edutopia: Remake Your Class Building a Collaborative Learning Environment via @djakes #16isast https://t.co/UBIYgkbk6R
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016
I started a new Twitter list for "learning spaces" https://t.co/vB9V55z0ns Will be good to follow in @flipboard! cc @sfryer #16isast
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016
Powerful visual challenge from @djakes #isast #16isast (do we just try to put new tech into old frames?) cc @sfryer pic.twitter.com/wLGrNo3bjx
— Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. ??? wesfryer.com/after (@wfryer) April 14, 2016