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Technology Is Changing the Way Kids
Learn
… And the Classrooms in Which They Do It.
Advertising supplement provided by Paxton
/ Patterson
By Stephen H. Daniels
Education consultants like Waltemeyer
most often work directly with school districts, but also host
training sessions for teachers, administrators and architects,
at which Waltemeyer says, designers can network with prospective
clients.
It is essential, says Waltemeyer, that
the school’s vision of its tech lab be clear before construction
drawings begin. “Change orders become expensive,”
he says. The complexity and often heavy mechanical/electrical
demands of tech education classrooms make mid-construction
changes even more costly.
While much remains to be learned—and
debated, this much is clear, say those working on the cutting
edge of technology education reform: the overwhelming advances
made by e-business have made e-learning—computer networks,
multimedia, content portals, search engines, electronic libraries
and web-enabled classrooms—an integral part of the 21st
Century classroom. The reform is forcing us to rethink the
purpose and the architecture of our educational infrastructures
in very fundamental ways.
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For further background, readers are referred to the
websites of the following organizations: the International
Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), International
Technology Education Association (ITEA), National Clearinghouse
for Educational Facilities (NCEF), National Center for
Educational Statistics (NCES), the National Educational
Technology Standards Project (NETS) and the U.S. Department
of Education’s Office of Educational Technology
(OET). Also of interest to classroom architects is the
November 2002 report by the U.S. Department of Education’s
Office of Educational Research and Improvement: “Technology
in Schools,” which offers tools and guidelines
for assessing technology in elementary and secondary
schools. It may be found at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003313.pdf.
Click For Additional
Required Reading
As part of the required material for this CES section,
please read the architects’ comments section of
the National Science Foundation planning study. To access
the additional material please click here.
To request a faxed copy, contact Bonnie Grzelinski at
(800) 323-8484 ext. 202, or email bgrzelinski@paxpat.com.
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This section is sponsored by Paxton/Patterson, which
has served public education customers over three centuries
beginning in 1848. The firm today provides educators
with comprehensive learning systems for technology,
family and consumer sciences and vocational education
including Dutch and Spanish language programs.
No other company serves those areas so completely.
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