It was a strange day yesterday for all those who are passionate about learning and recognise the potential of digital technology to engage, empower and enhance learners and learning.

Despite worldwide trends, research and the views future visionaries the government agency responsible for promoting the effective use of digital technologies for learning, Becta, was told it must close.

artnering became the vogue word at the PfS annual conference in London last week when “One conversation” was the strap line used to encompass partnerships for schools new all embracing responsibility for capital expenditure in schools and 6th Form Colleges.
The largely male audience was no doubt intrigued by chairperson Emily Maitliss’s reference to the afternoon [...]

According to CABE these are the criteria for succesful school design which will have to be met before BSF projects will get the green light.
http://www.cabe.org.uk/files/successful-school-design.pdf
And here is a web based tool to help you in the process.
http://www.cabe.org.uk/design-review/schools/criteria
Not sure CABE have addressed the potenntial of the virtual environment though?

Click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytc0U2WAz4s

What you’ll hopefully have found is Michael Rosen, possibly the UK’s most celebrated children’s poet, performing ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, at your finger tips. A brilliant opportunity to engage with a crafted performance of a poem, directed at the viewer, with sub-titles to read along with. A valuable resource, right there in your living room, office, or wherever else you access the internet. But not in your classroom.