The Web in Planning Education

Planning to Plan
The Web in Planning Education
Jase Wilson

Web in Planning Ed.?
What is
1. Subject to teach 2. Tool for teaching *

It’s a Complement
Not a Substitute
&

There are a few examples...

Anne Spirn
Penn
1996

Chris Steins
UCLA
2009

because it’s
Fast
Flexible
Free
I chose to use

on planningtoplan .net
Post = Session
Page = Misc. (syllabus, etc.)
Extensive use of embedded media
Student comments enabled & encouraged

Post = Session:
Each post corresponds with a class or lab

Page = Misc.:
For instance, the syllabus.
Bonus: Site allows paper minimal course: this page is the official syllabus, writing assignments submitted via Google Docs, etc.

Extensive use of embedded media:
Videos
Graphs
Maps
Images

Student comments enabled & encouraged:
Threaded
Extends classroom discussion
Encourages debate
Walks the walk

Interacting on the web is simple now...
but how?

What once took months of training & scores of work hours can now be done in a matter of minutes. Poussin, 1658

Web is vital to future of Planning
Has been & continues to be info resource
Increasingly useful in participatory planning
Excellent tool for planning education
HTML5+CSS3+JS ushering in new era of web apps

DUSP @ MIT
* Inventor of the web offices a few hundred yards away
* One of the top C.S. programs in the world
* Top planning school in US (Planetizen ’09)
* Best and brightest faculty, staff, students
* Yet no dedicated web & planning course. Why not?
Why so little attention? (“technology”)

Thanks
? & !
[email_address]
@luminopolis

The Web in Planning Education

by Jase Wilson

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