Digital Learning System
Califone is launching its latest product, the 8201 player, which is designed to give students the ability to take ownership of their personal work and offer digital learning resources. The durable, touch-screen MP4 player with video, audio, images, and gaming, also comes with eBook capabilities and a rugged silicon shell to prevent scratches and dents. Ideal for recording audio or videos of presentations and lectures, the system’s audio settings can be adjusted to safe and/or special hearing levels.
Former University of Colorado architect Steve Thweatt, who was instrumental in building the ATLAS technology hub and the Wolf Law Building, as well as implementing the business school expansion, will return to the CU-Boulder campus as the executive director of facilities management. Thweatt currently serves as an associate vice president of planning, design and construction at Emory University.
Gainesville, Fla.-based Charles Perry Partners, Inc. has recently appointed regional manager Kenna Scragg. He will continue to partake in CPPI’s educational, commercial, and health care construction projects, including Georgia Southern University’s Sanford Hall renovation in Statesboro, Ga., and Crawford County Elementary School project in Roberta, Ga.
RALEIGH, N.C. — SfL +a Architects have announced the approval to build Sandy Grove Middle School, the first public-private partnership (P3) financed school in North Carolina and the second of its kind in the U.S.
MARIETTA, Ga. — The Cobb County School District is set to wrap up construction on a number of major projects throughout the district. Seventeen schools are on track to open by the time school begins on August 13, with the exceptions of Garrett and McCleskey middle schools.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — It’s an expensive summer for Santa Monica High School. The school is currently under construction with a $55 million, 97,000-square-foot Science and Technology Building, which will replace two existing and outdated facilities with one modern facility.
DURHAM, N.C. — A new middle school will open in Durham, N.C., just in time for the 2012-2013 school year. Lucas Middle School, part of Durham Public Schools, is also seeking LEED certification for the $25 million project.
NEWARK, Del. — As students relax and leave campus for the summer months, construction crews have been busy working on major projects at universities around the nation.