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ERIC Number: EJ967556
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-7417
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Genius Loci: MacConnell Award Projects + Ewan McIntosh's Seven Spaces
Baibak, Rebecca; Ruiz, Karina; Parker, Ross; Peters, Edward J.
Educational Facility Planner, v45 n4 p9-11 2011
The surge of technology use in the 21st century is providing an opportunity for school facilities to reevaluate the value and definition of educational place. Traditionally, schools have served as places for information finding, project creating, publishing and presenting student work. They have evolved into places to support technological tools and the performance and display of student work. But with the emergence of more mobile, more affordable technology, the distinction between the virtual and real-world places where people learn has blurred. What does this mean for the design of physical learning spaces themselves? Ewan McIntosh, in his article "CLICKS AND BRICKS: How School Buildings Influence Future Practice and Technology Adoption," presents a framework he has used in the construction of digital spaces, demonstrating how the Seven Spaces of technology are critical, not only for powerful learning but also for those constructing tomorrow's places of learning. These spaces include "Secret Spaces," "Group Spaces," "Publishing Spaces," "Performing Spaces," "Participation Spaces," and "Watching Spaces." Understanding Ewan's approach to space, while reflecting on some recent award winning projects, allows one to ask some probing questions for the future.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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