[elearning] Photography darkrooms v Mac lab

[Mark Kelly]

Golly.  Can you still even _buy_ film?

Northey, Blaise J wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>  
> 
> 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.
> 
>  
> 
> 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.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanking you in advance,
> 
>  
> 
> Blaise Northey
> 
> IT Manager / eLearning and Pedagogy
> 
> Patterson River Secondary College
> 
> ph 8770 6700
> 
> fax 9786 9810
> 
> northey.blaise.j at edumail.vic.gov.au
> 
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