Ask HN: Effective Teaching Environment

I’m hoping for some advice from anyone with experience of teaching and learning CS in high school.

On the theory side: I feel I have a lecturing setup that works really well for me and my classes. Seminars, discussions, textbooks and exercises accompanied by a giant screen with code and a whiteboard.

What’s harder is the practical aspect; getting down to 1:1 coding effectively.

Classroom layouts, screen sizes, OSs, peripherals: anything can be changed in my budget but I just don’t know what makes for an optimized classroom coding environment.

Do they want privacy? Headphones? Or do pupils crave collaboration and discussion?

(Aside: Thank goodness for repl.it multiplayer!)