Whether you're in middle school, high school, university, or anything in between, it has never been a better time to be a student. Classroom designs around the globe are embracing smart and practical new technologies filled with bright ideas in their buildings, all geared toward making it easier for students to explore learning. It's not all just for show, either - a 2012 study by the Miami-Dade Public School Board showed that modern architecture school facilities using the active learning methods contribute to the well-being and academic performance of students and that teachers working in a more technologically-advanced environment are more likely to keep their jobs.
Here at Bored Panda, we think these ingenious upgrades and big ideas deserve some recognition, so we've put together a list of some of the most creative school hacks and cool things people have installed at their buildings.
Vote for the ones you'd most like to bring to your principal's desk, and add photos of your own school's smart creations below!
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Technical University Munich Put Slides In Their Building. I'm Pretty Jealous
This Door In A Math Classroom
My Son's Homework Has A Barcode That When Scanned Takes Him To An Instructional Youtube Video Posted By His Teacher Related To The Lesson
My School's Periodic Table
This Japanese Kindergarten Is Built Around A Tree
I Found This In My School Computer Room
My Son's School Has A Vending Machine For School Supplies
New Preschool In Japan Collects Rainwater Into Puddles For Kids To Play In
How My University Is Helping Us Get Over Exam Stress
Oh yes... those... hm... Everytime I get a package, I get glassy eyes after a few seconds of "pop... pop... pop..." I find it disturbingly addictive :x Pop.... pop... pop... pop...
My Cooking Class Has A Mirror On The Ceiling So We Can See What The Teacher Is Doing
Our school does too, i'm pretty sure a lot of schools have this since my sister's school did too
My University Has Coasters That Can Test Your Drink For Rape Drugs
School Paints Lockers As Book Spines To Create An "Avenue Of Literature"
Our Local High School Has Solar Panel Tables With Usb Outlet Ports For Students To Charge Their Devices
We have these too ^_^ Just as a bench, not a table, but still! zonnebank_...g_0178.jpg
Hate Getting Stuck Behind Slow People On The Stairs? My School Just Put These In Everywhere On Campus
This School Has A Slide Direct From Classroom To Playground. Childhood Dream
My Daughter's First Grade Classroom Has Desks With Pedals So Kids Can Move While Learning
The Science Building In My University Has Periodic Tables
My University Provides Students With Dogs As A Stress Reliever During Finals Week
My School Has Skateboard Parking
is it able to lock? just asking. because i'm afraid if someone stole it.
My University Math Lab Chairs Have Binary On Them
This Vending Machine At My School Sells Various School Supplies
This Just Got Installed At My School. A Public Work Bench For Your Bicycle Compete With Tools And A QR Code For Common Repair Help
they have these at a university in Australia, brilliant idea. these need to be distributed around town
Classroom Clock
My School Gym Has A Complimentary Sunscreen Dispenser
This Is How My University Stops Thieves
This Stapler Is Mounted Outside Of A Classroom In One Of My University's Buildings. I Have Never Seen This Before, But It Is A Brilliant Idea
Lovely Counting Stairs
My School Has A Nap Room
This Machine That Detects Sound-Level At My University's Library
The middle one is like "oh boy, here we go again, the noisy ones have arrived"
My Kid's New School Has A Twirly Slide To Get Downstairs
Cool Classroom For ADHD Teens In Israel
My University Has A Secured Charging Station You Can Safety Lock And Charge Your Devices
My College Has A Vending Machine For Violin Strings And Woodwind Reeds
My sister, who plays violin, saw this and started sawing how she's going to that university
The Skylight In My University's Math Building Is Decorated By Fibonacci Spirals
Basement Floor Of My Campus Library Has A Treadmill With A Computer, So You Can Exercise And Study At The Same Time
How To Encourage College Kids To Recycle
This School Has A Water Fountain And Bottle Fountain
my school has this but its a two in one - the water fountain is slightly pulled outwards from the wall while the bottle fountain is pressed against it (the wall)
My Chemistry Teacher Modded His Classroom Lab Tables. Installed Semi-Touch Screen Computers Into The Middle Of The Desks With Mac Mini's, Wii Remotes, Projectors, Etc.
My University Puts QR Codes On Some Of The Trees So That Passersby And Students Can Identify Them
My University Has Marker Board For Walls In Their Library Study Rooms
My Windowless Classroom Has Fake Sky Panels In Place Of The Plastic Covers On The Fluorescent Lights
In Addition To Bike Racks, My School Has Skateboard Racks
My Schools Propaganda Against E-Cigs
My School Has An All Gender Restroom
My University Has Solar Powered Picnic Tables
My College Just Installed New White Board Tables
The Most Amazing Desk I Have Sat In In College!
Every Math's Teachers Dream Door Mat
The Supermarket At My University Allows You To Up/Downvote New Products And At 50 Likes It Is Adapted Into The Shop
My College Has Chairs To Help With Stairway Evacuations
Great Way To Learn
An Easy Improvement
This Class Has A Mirror At The Back So The Teacher Can See The Students' Monitors
The Pharmacy Building At My University Has A Mock CVS Pharmacy To Train Students
The Clock In My Chemistry Classroom
It's to help you remember number of elements on the periodic table. For example: C = Carbon. Periodic number = 6 on the periodic table
My University Has Classes In A Movie Theatre And We Have Desks That Fit Into The Cupholders
I think there's a cup holder in the design, because the ones in the seats are holding the desk :)
The Flexible, Creative Working Spaces Inside The Stanford d.School
A School I Visited Yesterday Had Useful Reminders On Every Step In The Mathematics Department
"Spy With The Shimmering Cloak" Area In Elementary School Where Students Can Experience The Idea Of The Periscope, Explore The Colour Spectrum, Learn About Complementary Colours And Many More
Staircase At My University Gives You A Step By Step Calorie Burn Count
how many KCAL will burn if I will spend my day on this staircase? ;D *fat*
My Little Sisters School Has A Vending Machine For Books
My University Has Peep-Holes On Classroom Doors So You Don't Walk In On A Class
My Daughter's School Uses These To Transport Babies Around The Campus
The Mathematics Building At My University Numbers Each Step From The Ground Up, With The Prime Numbers In Red
Creative Stairs
Multiplication Up
That's overloaded. Kids wouldn't pay attention to that as there's too much there.
My University Has An Ear Plug Dispenser In The Library
2 dollars seems extremely overpriced. Last time I checked, you can get a 50 pieces bag for this price...
There Is A Chemicals Vending Machine In My University's Chemistry Department
This isn't a disaster waiting to happen... just my kind of school! Where is this, because I wanna get in!
My School Has These Small Spikes So You Cant Sit There Incase You Fall Down
I guess making the railings to thin for comfortable sitting was just too difficult. Then again the style of these banisters looks like they were built long ago...when people acted like adults in public.
At My High School Everyone Has His Own Socket And Ethernet Slot
A lot of Swedish citys have free WIFI in the public schools. I would guess that a majority of the private schools also have free WIFI in the school.
Hallway In A High School That Has A Periodic Table And Other Science Formula On Ceiling.
My Daughter's Elementary School Has A Pen, Pencil, And Paper Vending Machine
This Clock In Our Science Class
Staircase In Highschool For Math Subject!
Creativity is about going the extra mile!Both the school and your good self did.
Cell Phone Charging Station In High School
these are all so smart and useful... they should do these in all schools
all great idesas, but would be nice to see more examples for schools with low budgets.
Repeated a lot of the things didn't you? How many times maths on the stairs, multiple vending machines etc. Got a bit boring and repetitive. But in general some cool ideas. But how about some innovative ideas for schools in less than privileged areas? Where there isn't money for most of these gadgets?
these are all so smart and useful... they should do these in all schools
all great idesas, but would be nice to see more examples for schools with low budgets.
Repeated a lot of the things didn't you? How many times maths on the stairs, multiple vending machines etc. Got a bit boring and repetitive. But in general some cool ideas. But how about some innovative ideas for schools in less than privileged areas? Where there isn't money for most of these gadgets?