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Workstation Layout - Monitor Height

2. The Classroom
The case studies presented here are intended to give you ideas for arranging a classroom where space and furniture for computers are sparse.

Case study: 4th grade classroom

Concern:
In this classroom, the computer monitor and the keyboard were too high. Students had to look up and bend their heads back to see the monitor. Their elbows were also lower than the keyboard.
High Monitor
Solution:
This case could be solved two ways. In picture 1, the student could get eyes level with the computer monitor and elbows level with the keyboard with the help of a higher chair, shown in picture 3. The feet must be supported with a box or footrest.

Or, as in picture 2, the computer monitor was placed on a lower desk. The computer monitor is now at a good height. However, as you will note in picture 2, the student is pushing his shoulders up to type because the table is still too high for typing. A higher chair or an even lower desk is needed to resolve the problem.

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