Classroom Environments

On her blog, Joanne Jacobs has posted an entry titled "Students Bored... Teachers Stunned". In that entry, she describes a little bit about the issue of students feeling safe and secure in their schools.

Based upon this entry, along with the articles we have read and the videos that we have watched in class, how will you structure your classroom to make it a safe and secure learning environment? What will your classroom be like so that students do not feel "alienated and unloved"?

In addition to your own post, please reply to at least one other student. You reply should be more than simply telling that student that you agree or disagree with them. Your reply should either substantially build upon what the other person has already said or refute what they have said using evidence of you own.