E-News Archive

March 2007

• 2007 DesignShare Awards Jury team announced
• “Creating a 2020 Vision for School Design” - Videos and Article by Karl Fisch, Director of Technology at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado.
• “Education 2020: From Knowledge to Wisdom” - Video presentation by Prakash Nair, President of FieldingNair International, past winner of the CEFPI MacConnell Award
• “Features of Advanced Learning Systems” - Article by Wayne B. Jennings, Ph.D., Chair of the International Association of Learning Alternatives
• “Designing School 2.0: Science Leadership Academy” - Article & Case Study by Chris Lehmann, founding Principal of the recently opened 1:1 laptop urban high school, Science Leadership Academy; named by the National School Boards Association as one of “20 (Emerging Educational Technology Leaders) to Watch” in 2006
• MediaSnackers Podcast Interview of Henry Giroux, the Global Television Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada
• MediaSnackers Podcast Interview of Henry Jenkins, the of the Comparative Media Studies at MIT and the author of Convergence Culture
• “Hector Garcia Middle School: A School’s Design Aspires to Live Up to Its Name” - Article and Case Study by Peter Brown, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Director of K-12 Practice, Perkins+Will, lead designer on the soon-to-open Dallas, Texas based urban middle school
• “Tackling the Crime of School Design”
  Book Excerpt from Rena Upitis, former Dean of Education at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; currently Professor of Arts Education at Queen’s University
• “Skulls and School Boxes: Student Brains That Want Out” - Article by Dr. Robert Sylwester, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oregon
• “Designing a Nexus of Communities in New Orleans” - Article by Stephen Bingler, AIA, REFP, NCARB, founding principal of Concordia llc., winner of CEFPI’s 2001 James D. MacConnell Award
• “Reconsidering the Design of Schools through the Lens of Project-Based Learning” - Interview with Bob Pearlman, the Director of Strategic Planning for the New Technology Foundation; former President of the Autodesk Foundation
• “The 100 is There!: Helen Gordan Child Development Center” - Article and Case Study by Sheryl Reinisch and Will Parnell. Sheryl is an Associate Professor of Education at Concordia University with a focus on early childhood education; Will is the Co-Director of the Helen Gordon Child Development Center in Portland, Oregon
• “Making Space in New Zealand and Scotland” - Originally published by OECD’sPEB Exchange (2006/5)
• “Redesigning Schools, Redefining Education” - Book Excerpt by Dr. Jon Wiles, author of twelve university textbooks and consulting educator in the areas of curriculum design and development
• “The Future of Learning Manifesto” - Article by Christian Long, author of the “think:lab” blog, President & CEO of DesignShare
• Reflections from School Building Expo
• DesignShare Blog posts
• What’s Coming Up Next

February 2007

December 2006

• “Beware the Sitting Trap in Learning and Schooling” (Dr. D. Breithecker)
• “Designing Healthy Schools Our Children Deserve” (Dr. Lackney, Long)
• Q&A with John Wood (Founder and CEO of Room to Read)
• “6 Essential Elements of Educational Facilty Design” (Fielding)
• “Imagining the Future of the Library” (Q&A)
• “Sparking School Design Via Project Based Learning” (Q&A)
• “Master Classroom: Let Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, and Jamie Oliver Show You The Future” (Fielding, Lackney, Nair)
• Announcement of the 2007 Awards Program dates

September 2006 Highlighting the 2006 Awards winners.

April 2006 Introducing the 2006 Awards registration and New Changes at DesignShare.

February 2006

• “Learning, Lighting, and Color” (Fielding)
• “Designing and Operating Successfull Community Learning Centers” (Jennings)
• “Small is Big” (Fielding, Nair)
• “Educational Commissioning” (Lackney)

October 2005Highlighting the 2005 Awards winners and the DesignShare World Forum in Barcelona, Spain

April 2005

• “Radically Rethinking Education (Nair)
• “Getting REAL” (an interview with Jeff Sole re: Project-Based Learning)

February 2005

• “MATCH” (showcasing the Media and Technology High School in Boston, Mass)
• “The Great Learning Street Debate” (Nair)
• “Conversations on Educational Architecture” (Jamieson, Fielding)

October 2004

• Highlighting the 2004 Awards winners.
• “L-Shaped Classroom” (Lippman)
• “Open Space — A Dynamic Model for Group Learning” (Lackney)
• “A Fusion of Eastern and Western Philosophies to Plan Tomorrow’s Schools” (Nair)

February 2004

• “Progressive Educational Reform Guidelines in Seattle” (Lang)
• “What Can $3.6 Billion Buy? Los Angeles School Construction Has a Choice” (Fielding)
• “Uruguayan Schools, An Inclusive Architecture” (Marina Abraham, Pedro Barran, Carlos Sitya)
• “Building the Future: Lessons From Tasmania” (Nair)

September 2003

• Highlighting the 2003 Awards winners.
• “Innovative Pedagogy and School Facilities” (Washor)
• “Flexible School Facilities” (Locker, Olsen)
• “Indoor Air Quality in Schools” (David Sundersingh & David Bearg)

January 2003

• “Empowering Learning Through Natural, Human, and Building Ecologies” (Kobet)
• “Imperatives for Change in Higher Education” (Nair)