Oddly enough, we kept both and I can see now begin to see the point being made by the media teacher. The wet area or dark room is next to the media classroom where we located 15 iMacs and next door is a small studio for TV work. Happy if there is enough interest to do a tour but I bet there are probably other schools around with a similar model. Our media teacher is Steve Newton and for a while he was on the ATOM state council. <br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/8/21 Northey, Blaise J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:northey.blaise.j@edumail.vic.gov.au">northey.blaise.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p>Hello all,</p>
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<p>I am in the process of finalising purchases for next year
and I have hit a technological impasse with the art department. I see
their current darkroom as being the ideal space to put in high-performing Macs.
Needless to say the art department still want to keep the darkroom as the
curriculum is set up for it. I did some informal research and it
indicated that darkrooms are becoming more and more obsolete.</p>
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<p>I am hoping that someone out there will have experienced the
shift from darkroom to digital and could enlighten me (pun not intended) of how
they went about convincing the teachers to take the leap. I would also be
open to persuasion if someone has any compelling opinions as to if I should
keep a darkroom. I have entertained making a much smaller room as well as
having a computer room.</p>
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<p>Thanking you in advance,</p>
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<p>Blaise Northey</p>
<p>IT Manager / eLearning and Pedagogy</p>
<p>Patterson River Secondary College</p>
<p>ph 8770 6700</p>
<p>fax 9786 9810</p>
<p><a href="mailto:northey.blaise.j@edumail.vic.gov.au" target="_blank">northey.blaise.j@edumail.vic.gov.au</a></p>
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