Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools Sept/Oct 2015 | Page 20

Classrooms of Tomorrow: innovative technology + futuristic teaching = engaged students
The Classrooms of Tomorrow initiative is
and play video games,” said Jaylen McCarter,
The shapes of the desks let them to fit
not only changing the way students learn, it’s 10, a fifth-grade student at East Elementary.
together like a puzzle, thus allowing smaller
also changing the way teachers teach.
“But now, I don’t really want to go home. I
or larger work groups in a multitude of
This innovative initiative, commonly
just want to stay.”
seating arrangements.
referred to as COT, reinvents
“You have an unlimited amount
the way students are
of configurations,” Thomas said.
taught through interactive
“If we wanted to, we could take
technology, unl