innovation in your classroom Apply for a Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant Calling all innovative educators and educational institutions: Steelcase Education seeks partners in active learning ready to springboard the physical classroom for the advancement of learning in new and important ways. We have a strong passion for understanding how learning takes place and how smarter, more active learning spaces can help. At Steelcase Education, we help schools, colleges and universities create the most effective, rewarding and inspiring learning environments through insight-led research and innovation in furniture, tools and technology. That’s why we’re offering a grant that will provide funding and research for up to 15 Active Learning Centers each year. Each grant will provide furniture, integrated technology, design, installation and a post-occupancy measurement tool for one of four classroom types designed to elevate connection, improve engagement and spur collective

success of students and staff. These classrooms will support 24 – 32 students. Eligible classrooms must be located in the United States, Canada or Mexico, serving grades 6 – 12 or within a college or university. Grants are valued at $62,000 and deliver the full impact of active learning: classroom innovation and learning inspiration. Interested in sparking new learning and outcomes in your classroom by leveraging the real power of place? We invite you to apply for an Active Learning Center Grant starting on December 1, 2015. Submissions must be received by Friday, February 12, 2016. Grant recipients will be contacted by Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Visit Steelcase.com/ActiveLearningCenter for more information on grant guidelines, submitting a grant proposal or other details.

ACTIVE LEARNING CENTER GRANT OVERVIEW

Active Learning Classroom 1 Effortlessly morph from lecture to team mode and back again in seconds Multi-modal learning offers vast mobility and is most effective when seating can be rearranged effortlessly. With Node, a high-density classroom can transition from lecture to team mode and back again, in seconds, without interruption. •• Classroom solutions empower each student’s ability to comfortably see and hear, enabling them to easily reconfigure into small groups for increased interaction.

metrics students supported (plus lounge seating for up to 4) square feet per person Valued at

32 27

$62,000

•• Node seating with personal worksurface swivels in tandem with the seat while supporting digital and analog resources. •• Verb instructor station supports a variety of postures during teaching, evaluating and mentoring – while Verb personal whiteboards encourage student creativity and offer privacy. •• ēno flex whiteboards offer analog and interactive surfaces to support varied instructional resources. •• Thread creates natural landmarks to gather around for convenient access to power, while allowing instructors to give clear location instructions when switching learning modes.

Notes: Computers not included. No product substitutions allowed.

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ACTIVE LEARNING CENTER GRANT OVERVIEW

Active Learning Classroom 2 Adjustable height desking creates tiered rows for easy, equal viewing Students and teachers need convenient sightlines to digital and analog content, as well as to each person in the room for optimal conversation and collaboration. Save time by not having to reconfigure for better sightlines, and design visual access to everything through “stadium style” tiered rows in a standard classroom. Our tiered Verb tables come in varying heights to create such an effect. •• Offer choice to students for where they wish to sit and learn while supporting multiple postures.

metrics students supported (plus lounge seating for up to 4) square feet per person Valued at

28 31

$62,000

•• Verb personal whiteboards provide writeable surfaces to make thinking visible and support information persistence. •• Instructors have the tools for sharing digital content with students for discussion and discovery plus have the ability to design viewing angles for equal content access. •• Easily monitor students to support just-in-time assessment. •• Lounge seating provides an alternate posture for students to work either independently or collaboratively. •• ēno flex whiteboards offer analog and interactive surfaces to support varied instructional resources. •• Thread supports technology use and the power needs of multiple devices, offering more control over where learning occurs.

Notes: Computers not included. No product substitutions allowed.

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ACTIVE LEARNING CENTER GRANT OVERVIEW

Active Learning Classroom 3 Diverse applications create an environment that supports blended learning Instructors and students need choice and control when selecting the best space for the activity at hand. The blended classroom consists of a strong variety of applications that support learning in many forms – from digital to face-to-face – and offers students some autonomy to decide how to learn. •• This classroom includes a designated space for instructors and enables them to move easily throughout the space to assess student understanding and guide continued skill mastery.

metrics students supported (plus lounge seating for up to 4) square feet per person Valued at

28 28

$62,000

•• Node seating swivels for enhanced connections with height adjustability supporting all users. •• Verb personal whiteboards encourage student creativity plus provide privacy during assessment. •• ēno flex interactive whiteboards may be used as an instructional tool during lectures; students may use it to help illustrate their thinking. •• Thread creates a power grid beneath the carpet that aids in the support of active learning as it provides mobility and easy access to power for tech devices.

Notes: Computers not included. No product substitutions allowed.

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ACTIVE LEARNING CENTER GRANT OVERVIEW

Active Learning Classroom 4 Static maker space supports ideation and creativity Hands on problem-solving, informal or formal conversations, ideation and experimentation, design reviews or presentations are a number of things typical to educational maker spaces. This versatile space supports the new type of thinking and doing for 21st-century students. •• This space allows informal sharing, such as casual conversations between students and formal sharing, such as critiques or design reviews.

metrics students supported (plus lounge seating for up to 4) square feet per person Valued at

24 45

$62,000

•• Tables in the center support students sharing with others and the instructor when providing a class demo. Verb easels, whiteboard rails and personal whiteboards comprise the arsenal used for sharing information as well. •• This environment provides large tables to support building and prototyping. •• Buoys near whiteboards allow students to step away from the making and begin thinking and ideating about their work. •• Depot storage aids the need for intuitively placed storage options encouraging a tidy space. •• Thread brings power up off the floor to user height with a clean and accessible user interface where no power may otherwise exist.

Notes: Computers not included. No product substitutions allowed.

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