This activity showed me a the good and bad about high density labs, it helped me realise that most of our schools in this country have a lab and their sole purpose is to house large classes to do mainly information tech and sometimes other subjects areas. in the discussions my colleagues brought out some valid points about the issues of these labs for example the layout doesn't change in comparison to using laptops in classroom where students can be arranged in multiple ways so they can collaborate. My main issue with labs is the cost of setting up, then as teachers we have to think about managing the large number of students, monitoring what they are doing and how they are progressing; it may be a little tedious. High density labs maybe good when students do not own a personal computer, the class may work together during and after class time in the lab to get things done and in addition with the use of a projector the teachers can get topics taught to the whole class pointing their attention in one place then they follow on the computers. I prefer using a classroom instead of a lab but each situation has their pros and cons and based on these a school may decide which is best to work with.
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