Create A Positive Learning Environment From The Moment Learners Arrive
You walk in and scan the room for THE SPOT to plant yourself for the next seven hours. The room's off white, windowless walls loom around you. This is going to be a long day. You take a deep breath, find a seat, and settle in. You shift around a bit, skim through the workbook in front of you, and take a long drink of the tepid coffee you brought with you. In an effort to avoid looking at your phone, you do it again. You get your phone out. It's habit. A few other people filter in, scanning the room for familiar faces before they select tables, leaving a canyonwide space between their mobile devices and yours. Finally the poor soul enters who must cross the divide, choosing a…