Douglas R. Seidler

This automated bicycle parking garage in Tokyo, Japan is an good example of how other cultures live and the priorities they place on alternative transportation.

Are you looking for a good, free replacement for Microsoft Word? Are you tired of e-mail word documents between your home and school? Google Docs now allows you to view and edit your documents offline, without an internet connection. (You can currently only edit word documents offline; you can only see spreadsheet and presentations offline)

When you are working without an internet connection, you can access all of your Google Docs by typing http://docs.google.com into your browser or by clicking on the desktop shortcut that is installed with your first sync.

When you’re offline, your edits are stored on your computer until you re-connect to the internet, at which point your changes are synced with Google Docs’ servers.

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Douglas Seidler represented his paper:

Who’s Teaching Technology?

Methods and strategies to develop effective digital design curricula

at the Boston Architectural College’s Foundation Faculty Workshop March, 19, 2008. This paper was previously presented and published with the Interior Design Educators Council 2008 Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada on March 2008. Seidler’s paper continues his research on constructivist education theory and its application in design education.

You can read more about this paper at: dougseidler.com