This experience is important to my future career as an educator for various reasons. The seating arrangement affects student achievement, participation, and collaboration. It is important to have a conscious understanding of what seating patterns foster collaboration and which do not. The educator is also responsible for creating a positive classroom environment; and the physical arrangement of the classroom relates to classroom environment.
I will use this information in my future practice while I am considering how to arrange or rearrange my personal classroom. Next time, I plan to consider the academic standing and personalities of the students with in the classroom while assigning seats. When completing this task in the future, I would like to alter another physical environment. For example, construct a bulletin board or content area station.