I like the tables to be arranged in a U shape, sometimes if the class is very large I may have an outer and an inner U. I find that this helps me to work around the room when teaching so that I do find myself trapped behind my desk when giving my presentations, and I also closer to the students
I also makes it easier to break the students into groups, as we just move the table apart.
I teach many of the introduction classes, so every week I like to have a new seating chart, so that the students can get to know on another.
