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SUMMER 2022 VOL 3 ISSUE 2
COVER PHOTOGRAPH
Photo courtesy of the Neenan Company
COLUMNS
EDITOR’S NOTE 6 MAKING THE SWITCH 8
TRANSFORMING CLASSROOMS INTO ACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS 10
OPENING THE DOORS TO EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN IN OJAI, CALIFORNIA 26
CONSIDERING SPILL LIGHT 28
OHIO DISTRICT BUILDS $52 MILLION CAMPUS THROUGH
PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY, UNIVERSITY 30 HANDS-ON LEARNING SPACES: 5 LESSONS FROM
CAREER TECH 40 DEPARTMENTS
FACILITY FOCUS 32 BUILDINGBLUEPRINTS 38 ADVERTISER INDEX 46
COVER STORY
ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE 12
Building The Mapleton Arts Center (The MAC) in Denver, Colo.
K–12 FEATURES
A PICTURE IS WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS 20
West Baton Rouge Parish Schools in Port Allen, La., bring virtual reality to the classroom.
SITTING DUCKS ARE FOR CARNIVALS—NOT SCHOOLS 34 An alternative to “Run, Hide, Fight” that could save students’ lives.
HIGHER ED FEATURE
AN ESCAPE ROOM FOR BUILDING DIGITAL SKILLS 42 At Pennsylvania’s Northampton Community College, students are engaging with cutting-edge technologies in a basement “apartment” designed to boost digital literacy and job skills.
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