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=Classroom Environment= What you have available in your classroom will dictate a little of what and how you can incorporate eLearning into your day. However, how you set up your classroom can have a profound effect too.

When I first started out on my eLearning journey I created some wonderful activity centers for the students to work at but didn't think about traffic flow or how to manage the activities. I also ability grouped and found that my high achievers always finished quickly and my low achievers didn't finish work.

Ewan McIntosh talks about the 7 Spaces of Education technology.

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Some links for further reading:

@http://plpnetwork.com/2011/11/30/life-in-a-inquiry-driven-technology-embedded-connected-classroom-english/

@http://gettingsmart.com/edreformer/shift-your-classroom-small-strategic-steps/

A news article about a school in Sweden - take the tour at the end of the article

More about the Swedish schools