Cards that influence design.
The deck can be used to start the conversations necessary before a redesign of your classroom, a remodel of your school, or a new environment for your district. The beauty of the cards is they translate between the needs of the many different groups involved in a learning environment: Students, teachers, administration, community members, and designers. Rather than starting a meeting entirely from scratch, they provide a jumping off point to encourage focused conversation, prioritization of needs, and new ideas to discuss together.
Teachers and administration at Resurrection Elementary School (Kansas City, KS) participated in an end-of-year workshop to discuss spaces that are to be redeveloped in their school. In teams, they established the priorities of their future space using the UDL Learning Spaces Idea Kit and voted on their top choices.
These conversations provide next steps for design teams by identifying the key learning needs for educators and students. These overarching concepts are then developed into specific space design choices to ensure success, as seen here for St. Agnes Elementary School (Kansas City, MO).
