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…

Essay critical of the construction of learning centers and/or the installation of instructional technology without prior thoughtful planning for the equipment's application. (LS)

THE SPECIFICATIONS AND OPERATION OF BOULDER CITY'S DIVISIBLE AUDITORIUM ARE PRESENTED. IN 1956, WITH THE THREAT OF A SHARP ENROLLMENT INCREASE, CONSULTANTS WERE BROUGHT IN TO BOULDER CITY TO DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR A PROPOSED NEW BUILDING. THE POTENTIAL NEED FOR MORE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE HAD TO BE RECONCILED WITH THE EXISTING NEED FOR AN…

A MODEL FACILITY FOR UPDATING VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL TEACHERS, PLANNED IN THE PROJECT "A VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL TEACHER TECHNOLOGY CENTER--THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL" (ED 003 522), IS DESCRIBED. THE CENTER CONSISTS OF A TECHNOLOGY AND A RESOURCES COMPLEX. THE CIRCULAR TECHNOLOGY COMPLEX, DEVOTED TO UPDATING AND ENRICHING THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, IS…

Whether renovating or constructing a school building, planners must give serious thought to how a building might accommodate different instructional approaches and avoid traffic or supervision nightmares. Planners must also consider aesthetics, community-school partnerships, and educational technology's role. A sidebar by James Fox and Kay Psencik…

A guide to the architect on available resources on planning and designing for educational technology. Although not a design manual, the data provides the architect with a foundation to base his search for facilities that will enhance the kinds of learning the new technology provides. (Author/HB)

Too often building facilities use yesterday's materials and methods to solve yeaterday's educational problems. The solution is to use newly available technologies to build facilities that will respond to changing patterns in education and reduce the frustrating amounts of time and money lavished on each project. The most important consideration…

In recent years the use of computers to carry out a range of tasks in the planning and management of educational buildings has proliferated. In June 1988, the Programme on Educational Building arranged a meeting of experts from 13 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries whose objectives were to identify: (1) the…

The Star Schools Program has funded projects to explore innovative educational applications of technology in distance education. Funded projects have applied a variety of technologies, including videodisks, compressed data transmission, fiber optic technology, and computer networks. Program evaluation is a mandated aspect of the program. This…