Spaces
Spaces
Has mobile technological advances removed the need for designated ICT spaces?
How we access information has changed dramatically within the 3rd information age, how we find, record and share information has impacted on how we learn.
Computer technology is no longer constrained to desktops. Students are native users of mobile technologies. These new powerful, hand held processor are opening up new possibilities for sharing, discussing and working. As a consequence, physical spaces are in a form of flux.
How can we design classrooms to take full advantage of current technologies and pedagogical practices?
Has mobile technology removed the need for designated ICT spaces?
The term “classroom without walls” is used to describe the future of education, implicitly linked to technology. Social media, content creation, video, photography, the” information super highway”, is changing how students learn.
I have been privilege to be involved in a recent ICT Media Lab build. From the initial design phase through to completion, the whole process has required deep thought about the way space can be utilised in tandem with technology. How technology ...............
What is a classroom without walls?
As Douglas Adams once observed,
“the best way to predict the future is to build it.”
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A 6th form student decided it would be a good idea to publicise our new community space for his fellow students.
He made this promotion poster, using Power Point, after researching and photographing the room.
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Thank you all involved in the design, construction and realisation of this build.
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