Well lots more to do... still trying to pinpoint some of the things I want to try different this year. As usual lots of great ideas that I have seen on the net, but refining them to fit me is always the challenge. Anyhow, I have decided to arrange my room in groups of 3. Here are a couple of photos showing how I labelled the desks, and how the room is arranged. I have a total of 24 desks in groups of 3, plus one big table at the back of the room for another 3. But my two PreAP Algebra II classes are packed, I have 32 in one and 35 in the other, so I have 3 groups of 3 sitting at each of 3 lab pods.
There are 12 pods, with each pod of 3 desks labelled with a number (A through L) as well as 1-3 for the desk position. Also I used different colors, but made 2 pods the same color. That way if I decide to have two pods work together, I can tell them to work with the same color.
Here is a few of a portion of my room.
By the way one last thing I have done for years is that I arrange my room alphabetically BY FIRST NAME not last name. This helps me remember their names. As I can look at a particular part of the room, and know what part of the alphabet their name should start with. A little different but it works for me.
