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Hard Facts on Smart Classroom Design: Ideas, Guidelines, and Layouts »

Authors: Daniel Niemeyer
ISBN-13: 9780810843592, ISBN-10: 0810843595
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Date Published: December 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Daniel Niemeyer

Book Synopsis

This book is designed to share a lifetime of experience designing user-friendly yet technologically advanced classrooms. Seventy layouts, figures, diagrams, and drawings convey ideas and concepts while 40 photographs demonstrate classroom layouts. These are not glitzy or extravagant classrooms but thought-provoking models of imaginative, successful, and mainstream college classrooms that are durable, functional, and sustainable with proven technology that faculty use. A wonderful resource for college facilities planners, college information technology directors, college registrars, college physical plant directors, and classroom and instructional designers.

	List of Illustrations
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Pedagogical Demands, Smart Classrooms, Design Principles, and the Planning Process	1
2	Types of College Classrooms	9
3	Architectural Guidelines for College Classrooms	23
4	Visual Presentation Guidelines for College Classrooms	41
5	Levels of Technology in Smart College Classrooms	53
6	Display Devices, AV Hardware, and Sound Systems	87
7	Putting It All Together: Illustrative Plans and Technology Features in Ten Classroom Designs	99
8	A Classroom Improvement Plan, a Classroom Evaluation Form, and a Template for Classroom Standards	121
9	Checklist of "Most Frequently Overlooked Details" for Tomorrow's College Classrooms	133
10	Finals: Value Engineering, the Punch-List, Signage, and Follow-Up	139
	References	145
	Index	149
	About the Author	151