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Thailand Knowledge Park: Bangkok 1 2

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April 27, 2005 09:01:39 TK Park is designed to be cool and has a lot of children involved in its governance and as helpers there... it isn't just books with geeky stuff, but also has places to buy clothes, milk and nibbles, and more Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:02:09 student helpers staff much of the TK Park. The branding is very strong with the graphics and fabrics sourced locally. It works in terms of getting noticed and in getting good attendance figures too. Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:02:46 There are presentation areas - shown here is a performance stage... Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:02:55 the graphics are affordable (computer generated stick-on graphics on plastic sheeting) but effective and create a strong brand carried over into clothing, bags, hats etc etc. Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.017 s (1/60) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes
April 27, 2005 09:03:25 There are traditional library functions too - but reading is even more fun when the furniture encourages you to climb and perch with your books.. Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.020 s (1/50) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:03:31 ..and there is a cosntant flow of readers into these spaces... but thje children were quite absorbed in their books once they got up there... Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.020 s (1/50) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:03:57 other features include these sound booths - touch screens controlling a music playlist - when I was exploring the place there were kids on the floor reading, just reaching up from time to time to change music... Others were earphones on and swaying to the music... Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.025 s (1/40) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:04:38 It's a shoes off place before you start climbing, but even shoe storage and cushion stacking has been designed with care... Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes
April 27, 2005 09:05:46 Signage is often on lanterns - but the Thai lantern theme loctaes it culturally in Bangkok too. Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.0100 s (1/100) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:06:10 there are plenty of refreshment stations... and plenty of milk (which I love, so this was heaven! for me) but also slushes and smoothies too! Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.025 s (1/40) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:06:22 Even the simple book or DVD checkouits were brtanded with great and consistent design... Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:06:52 Here is a school group using the Park and rehearsing a performance - they are singing and speaking in front of a video project they had assembled elsewhere. Their corner had a real studio feel to it.. and they were working hard. Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes
April 27, 2005 09:07:14 There were some just plain fun was to sit and work... although by and large the computers were the least 'desined in" of the TK Park resources. This wonderfully mad chair is an exception! Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:07:49 The Virtual Reality area is just completed and ready to take guests. The whole park though raises some questions about the way computers are used - the screens were too often being "watched" rather than being created with, which is strange in amongst so much creativity and constructivist learning. Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:08:50 TK Park is in a shopping mall, but over the way is another experiment with a LOT of computer terminals, bookable, but you can see here it is a very passive space. I ran a family learning workshop in here and found it a bit of a culture shock for the regular "punters". Most kids that I observed were just surfing web pages. The place has a lot more computers than TK Park, but tends to be filled with young and old - few teenagers (and you can see why). Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes	April 27, 2005 09:09:30 same comments as preceeding photo - thius is not TK Park and shows a rather more a "rows of screen" approach Exposure mode: program (auto) Metering Mode: matrix Exposure time: 0.033 s (1/30) Aperture: f/3.2 Focal length: 7.5mm Flash: Yes

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