When I began a 6th grade Computer Literacy teacher last year, I didn't find many room decor resources on the web. So, I thought I would take some pictures of my room this year, so this might provide some ideas for another teacher who might need it.
Our school colors are red and black and I tried to use red, black and white and polka dots to bring my theme together.
I have more pictures to come, so visit often!
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| This is my personal cabinet. Even though our school colors are red and black, somehow our cabinets are more of a salmon color. Go figure! |
I bought wooded letters and just painted them barn red, then lightly stained black over them. Then, I applied flocked (stick-on) black dots. |
I found this AWESOME computer monitors fabric on Ebay. It can only be found in the U.K., though. |
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| I really wanted the back of the room to pop, since my room is SO large and the back has a gigantic empty wall. I ordered five 20x30 posters from Allposters.com and came up with this idea for the back wall! I really like how the red rose pops in the center of the black and white posters. |
Two things here. First of all, I really wanted a rug with a "computer" theme. This was the only one I found that was not cheesy. I really love it, actually. The colors are good for my room and it reinforces many concepts I will be teaching this year! The rug cost $69 and it is about 4 ft x 4 ft square. |
Secondly, I have so many cables under and around my desk, I really wanted to cover them up this year. I measured my desk before I left on summer break and sewed a desk skirt to fit around three of the sides (the side by the wall didn't need one). I attached it with Velcro and Velcro Table Skirt clips (for 1" table tops). It worked great and I didn't have to attach it permanently). |
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| After a wonderful chat last year with a seasoned teacher (Thank you, Shannon! ), I have decided to put a little "Love and Logic" into my classroom this year. So, I made a couple of these posters to reinforce how things are going to work in my classroom. ;-) |
Here is a "dot com" board I made last year. I bought a black-framed cork board and covered it with ".com" fabric I bought on E-bay. Then, I just staple up websites that my students might enjoy visiting. |
This is my agenda board. I have only a small space on my white board to post our weekly agenda, since the projector screen (when down) covers the entire rest of the board. ;-) Anyway, I use this to post what we will be doing every class period. The unit or project objectives are put in another place in the room. I will have photos of that soon. :-) |
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This is an old dinosaur of a computer a wonderful teacher in our school gave me. It was his dad's and when he passed away last year, he thought I might like it for my classroom. I LOVE it!!!! |
Here is a poster I made for my classroom, to remind my kids to do interim saves (I call these "Safety Saves" and I play "Safety Dance" -- that song from the 80s -- to remind them to do it periodically while working). |
These are keyboard key flower pots I made. Simple to do. I just used thicker gauged wire and hot-glued old keys onto them. I placed floral foam at the bottom of the pots and covered it with natural moss. |
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| This is to remind my students what keys are part of the "Home Row" on the keyboard . I couldn't find red-topped containers last year, so I used blue. I see now that they do have them in red! I just used "Glad" brand throw-away containers. |
I made these curtains for my "Hall of Hardware." This is where I keep old computer parts, so my students can take them off the shelves and look at them. |
Here is the "Hall of Hardware" opened up. :-) |