{"id":10962,"date":"2017-05-16T02:21:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T06:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=10962"},"modified":"2017-05-16T11:45:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:45:50","slug":"brick-elementary-school-unveils-classroom-based-on-google-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/05\/brick-elementary-school-unveils-classroom-based-on-google-hq\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Elementary School Unveils Classroom Based on Google HQ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sean Gilson, 9, shows off the mechanical device he made at Emma Havens Young Elementary School\u2019s \u2018movement\u2019 classroom. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Is it a classroom, or the headquarters of Google?<\/p>\n

Brick\u2019s Emma Havens Young Elementary School recently began teaching classes in a room that allows for movement, interaction and enjoyment during learning, and studies have shown that kind of classroom \u2013 or workplace \u2013 gets results, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The so-called \u201cMovement of the Mind\u201d classroom featured objects that, literally, keep students moving while completing projects. Students can sit on an inflatable chair that bounces, stand on a board that wobbles from side to side or peddle a stationary bicycle while completing a project. It is based on the design of the work spaces at several tech firms, including Google and Facebook.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s extensive research that shows when kids are moving, they perform much better \u2013 even if it\u2019s down to something as simple as holding a resistance band,\u201d said Principal Patricia Lorusso, who herself earned her school grant funding from OceanFirst Bank that paid for the conversion.<\/p>\n

The room offers\u00a0numerous stations that can be used for multiple subject areas. It takes about nine weeks for students to experience all of the stations, said Lorusso. Every teacher, including special education teachers, has access to the room and many are already designing lessons specially designed for the open environment.<\/p>\n

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Emma Havens Young Elementary School\u2019s \u2018movement\u2019 classroom. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Emma Havens Young Elementary School\u2019s \u2018movement\u2019 classroom. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

Students can interact with puppets they design, bounce up and down while learning on an iPad, or build just about anything they can imagine at a building station. There are even yoga-based lessons for the elementary school\u2019s students.<\/p>\n

Whatever you can think of, you can build it,\u201d said Sean Gilson, 9, who was using the building station to create a mechanical rolling device using a rubber band and toothpick.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps with your multi-tasking skills and your focusing skills,\u201d the fourth-grader said. \u201cEveryone can multi-task and use their skills a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emma Havens Young Elementary School\u2019s \u2018movement\u2019 classroom. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe did a lot of research, and we played off the office at Google,\u201d Lorusso said. I reached out to some architects and told them about the vision to change it into stations where the kids can always move.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lorusso said the project took two years to design.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to enjoy this room for many years to come,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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