Alan November - Building Schools of the Future

Alan November
building schools of the future
all curriculum should be on the web
three years to get ready to design new building
Scotland - $75 million to connect every family and every teacher in one environment
this would be like Massachusetts linking every family and school and teacher together

NTCT - not thought completely through

High Tec High
cubbies
work together
if you don't change the system the design won't work
High Tech High took 4 years to build up adding one grade at a time starting at 9th
Where are you going to get the teachers to teach in a new integrated learning environment
As part of the design process we should watch teenagers when they are away from school
kids don't choose cubbies to work in they like social spaces
HTH - has small intimate spaces that are sound proof
located so one liberians or teacher can look through many walls at once
Margaret Meed - you need three generations to design the school most schools have two
space does not work if you don't have a system that matches
Book recomendation Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Csikszentmihhalyi's book describes the conditions within which best learners, such as Nobel Prize winners, musicians, athletes, operate at their peak. Ideas are transferable to school situations. The first four chapters are essential.
Think of your library as an auditorium not as a library with massive screen
One-room school design so students can see what others are doing - this is being achieved through the use of glass to separate space but allow views.