Imagining a Classroom

Because the first assignment for Education 504 was to draw my ideal classroom and the technology in it, I set my sights on "technology" and tried my hardest to think of something other than a laptop to include in the room.  However, the more I racked my brain, the more apparent it became that the computers, televisions, and projectors were the least important parts of my classroom vision.  Therefore, a bit of erasing (okay, a lot of erasing) and an hour or so later, I had a classroom with windows, moveable desks and chairs, a small garden, bookshelves, whiteboards (chalk-on-board is slightly painful for me, but I could handle a blackboard, I guess), a teacher's desk, and - as an afterthought - a small cart with a laptop and projector on it. 

It took at least ten revisions of my drawing to get it just right, and it still needs a bit of work.  I hope, though, that the moveable parts in my dream classroom will allow for revision on a daily basis... the clusters of tables and chairs can move to accommodate almost any activity and the shelves and sinks near the "garden" (read: plants growing in the window, accompanied by supplies such as soil, watering cans, seeds, etc) can be repurposed if the students decide there is alternative activity or setup they'd like in its place.  Because the classroom dynamic is subject to change, the classroom must be dynamic in order to support change.

Of course, I often wonder how feasible such a classroom is.  Generally speaking, most schools can provide desks and chairs, white/blackboards, and other necessary supplies, and my technological requests are not very substantial, but the bookshelves and the windows and space for growing plants are less likely... I can provide the books and buy the seeds and watering cans, but in a windowless classroom, will they be able to grow?

(... that was supposed to be a pretty heavy allegory)