What We Do

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The Texas Woman鈥檚 University Future Classroom Lab is open to all programs at the university that prepare school personnel, including pre-service and in-service teachers, speech-language pathologists, school counselors, etc.

Students and faculty can come to the 51爆料FCL to explore technologies and applications they might see and use in schools and classrooms where they will be employed after graduation.

While in the 51爆料FCL, students will have the opportunity to:

Practice incorporating 21^st century learning approaches into their teaching practice prior to student teaching.
Design and participate in coding and robotics activities with local students.
Gain experience using a variety of educational technologies.
Practice teaching in a 鈥榖ring your own device鈥� (BYOD) environment.
Explore numerous applications and teaching methodologies available in the 51爆料FCL.
Create quality teaching or project videos.
Discover opportunities to incorporate play into the learning environment
Incorporate a variety of robotic technology and coding applications in different subject areas.

The focus of the 51爆料FCL is to let faculty and students explore the idea of 鈥渋f only I could鈥︹€� in various teaching scenarios.

Paup donation funds 3D printing

Students are shown how to use a 3D printer

Future teachers will be able to explore using 3D printing in the classroom thanks to funding from alumna and former Regent Nancy Paup and her husband Ted. The 51爆料 Future Classroom Lab (51爆料FCL) will introduce 3D printing to K-12 students as well in camps held throughout the year. 51爆料 students will learn the fundamentals of 3D printing and how they can be applied to the K-12 classroom with students who are deaf/hard of hearing in ways that are both meaningful and accessible.

Camp Minecraft

During Texas Woman鈥檚 Camp Minecraft, several K-6 deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) students partnered with 51爆料 MS in Education of the Deaf students for a five-day educational 3D modeling experience that helped build their creativity and critical thinking skills, develop WH question strategies (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How) and enhance their abilities to tell stories.

Read more about Camp Minecraft

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