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MIT's
iCampus computer aided flexible learning centres are pictured with round tables seating nine students. But where do you get a circular table seating nine people? Would such a table be too difficult to install and move?
![Eight seat modular classroom table](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uxBdNrpTglCHJMBecCd6Q64LPql3ljteIGy21idoBC3yhUwTyN77SBlOOCV9TBEHOyWQCeWGeLCfSa_pmR1amTWT3XU3WNqIlgYZhlypjcphO0W97mZ90=s0-d)
With a quick web search I came across some modular classroom tables seating
eight.Assuming a seven foot
(
2.134 meter) table is used. This provides 7.151 m around the table, or .795 m per student.
This is more than provided for a typical .7m student table. A modular system could use three modules each seating three students. Each module would be a segment 2.39 m by 1.067 m. For more flexibility the modules could be made from straight sided segments, as with the tables illustrated, to allow other arrangements.
Update: 17 August 2007
A common design for modular classroom tables are Trapezoidal ( about 1500 x 750 x 750 x 750 mm). There are also some folding models, but some are designed for a meeting room, with the legs on the wrong side for classroom use. There are also Kidney-Shaped Tables.
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