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Johnson, Christopher – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2011
As a technologist, the author is interested in how the digital world is changing the educational landscape. As he began to research effective learning spaces, he discovered that the architecture, design, and school facilities communities are making a great deal of progress in creating better classrooms and school buildings. Unfortunately, many in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, School Buildings, Influence of Technology, Educational Facilities Design
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Demski, Jennifer – T.H.E. Journal, 2012
When one thinks of 21st century schools, one thinks of geometric modern architecture, sustainable building materials, and high-tech modular classrooms. It's rare, though, that a district has the space or the money to build that school from the ground up. Instead, the challenge for most is the transformation of the 20th century architecture to…
Descriptors: Architecture, Educational Technology, Educational Facilities Design, Building Design
Dolan, Thomas G. – School Planning & Management, 2003
Explains that classrooms and school furniture were built for a different era and often do not have sufficient power for technology, discussing what is needed to support modern technology in education. One solution involves modular cabling and furniture that is capable of being rearranged. Currently, there are no comprehensive standards from which…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Furniture, Computers, Educational Technology
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Reid, David – Community College Journal, 2004
Facilities that accommodate technology are much in demand today and nowhere more so than at colleges and in other learning environments all over the country. But the cry for "high-tech facilities" rings false: Buildings designed simply to look high-tech will be outdated more quickly than ever. It is no surprise that the very best…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Building Design, Architecture, Technology Integration
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Kember, Deborah; Brandenburg, Tony; Murphy, Angela – Australian Educational Computing, 2007
The ACCE position statement for creating media enriched learning communities targets all stakeholders in educational policy and practice who influence the future of learning, schools, and systems. Stakeholders include policy-makers in government, national and international organisations, professional networks and institutions, school leaders,…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Building Design, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers, 2006
This article discusses how career and technical education is helping students draw up plans for success in architectural technology. According to the College of DuPage (COD) in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, one of the two-year schools offering training in architectural technology, graduates have a number of opportunities available to them. They may work…
Descriptors: Architecture, Career Education, Technical Education, Educational Technology
Guernsey, Lisa – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
An art history video created at the Columbia University (New York) Media Center for Art History takes the art student on a computer-animated video tour of Amiens Cathedral (France) designed to make architectural history come alive by illustrating the chronology of the building's construction. The Center was established to encourage faculty to…
Descriptors: Animation, Architecture, Art Education, Art History
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Mounkhall, Thomas – Social Science Record, 1994
Contends that a building can be a visual history book. Discusses the use of architecture as a way of teaching global studies, technological change, and social studies skills. Includes four figures and suggested ancillary activities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Built Environment, Course Content
Arumi, Francisco N. – 1974
Computer programs capable of describing the thermal behavior of buildings are used to help architectural students understand environmental systems. The Numerical Simulation Laboratory at the Architectural School of the University of Texas at Austin was developed to provide the necessary software capable of simulating the energy transactions…
Descriptors: Architectural Education, Architectural Programing, Architecture, Building Design