This is a presentation created for university. It compares education in the modern and the postmodern, focusing on architecture, technology in the classroom, academic reporting and uniforms. Thanks to Emma for the audio!

1. The transformation from the modern to the
postmodern

2. Introduction

3. School Facilities & Aesthetics
Figure 1. St Mary's Presentation Convent 1939

4. School Facilities & Aesthetics
Figure 2. Orestad College Time Lapse Video (will not Figure 3. Orestad College Study Haven
play in slideshare with audio) Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je2Fc4uS9bo

5. School Facilities & Aesthetics
Figure 4. Orestad College Study
Pods

6. Technology In The School
Figure 5. "Mac Lab" in a primary school. Figure 6. Interactive whiteboard in the
classroom. These are becoming more
popular with further advancements.
Figure 7. iPad use in schools is beginning
to take over notebook computer use.

7. Technology In The School
Figure 9. Students sniffing the solvent from
the page printed by the spirit duplicator.
Figure 8. Spirit duplicator (Fordigraph
machine) with stencil attached to roller.
Figure 10. Photocopying facilities available
in schools today.

8. Academic Reports: Modern Era
Figure 11. School report card from 1980.

9. Academic Reports:
Postmodern Era
Figure 12. School report card from 2006.

10. School Uniforms
PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2

11. School Uniforms PICTURE 4
PICTURE 3

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