ARTICLE:Lessons Learned for the Computer Lab

[Victoria Vrana]

The Digital Divide Network has a new article on setting up and maintaining
computer labs for educational purposes:

http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/labrules.adp
Lessons Learned: Rules for the Computer Lab and Beyond
by Mark R. Jones, North Central Region Representative, Pennsylvania
Association for Educational Communications & Technology

Much of the information is technical, but it is all presented in a
practical, conversational tone.  This is a great article.  In brief, Mark's
10 rules:

Rule #1: You will never think of everything in advance
Rule #2: The technology will fail
Rule #3: Get the teachers comfortable
Rule #4: Document everything, or be doomed to repeat yourself
Rule #5: Separate training from education
Rule #6: Install universal technologies, and build upon them
Rule #7: Create Lab Rules, Post Them, and Enforce Them
Rule #8: The technology will evolve more rapidly than your budget
Rule #9: You can’t do everything yourself
Rule #10: Reinvent yourself on a regular basis

Read the article for much more detail.

Victoria

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Victoria Vrana
Morino Institute
vvrana at morino.org

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