Also I'd recommend that in the room you install a rheostat so that
you can dim the light for projected demos and students can still take notes
(we didn't do this and are sorry).
Geoffrey
Martha Haehl wrote:
> Hi everyone, For the first time in the history of our school, we
>will have one computer classroom that we can actually teach a class in
>(as opposed to just send our students to an open lab). Do any of you
>have a design layout that you are particularly fond of? If so what is
>it. We want to get away from the traditional rows. The lab will be
>shared by a number of disciplines and our committee has come up with the
>following questions to help us design the lab. At this time we are
>mostly talking about layout and not computer equipment. However, if you
>have suggestions about equipment, please make them. 1. Which
>departments currently use the lab?
>2. Have you struggled with competing software needs of different
>departments? What software is loaded on the computers?
>3. Was the lab designed to accomodate a particular pedagogy?
>4. What are the pros/cons of the current lab design? What works? What
>doesn't?
>5. If you could do it differently, what changes would you make? Thanks
>for any help you can give.
> Martha Haehl
>Maple Woods Community College
>2601 N. E. Barry Rd.
>Kansas City, Mo. 64156
>(816) 437-3147
Geoffrey Akst
Mathematics Department
Manhattan Community College
199 Chambers Street
New York, NY 10007
(v) 212/346-8530
(f) 212/346-8550
(e) akst@idt.net
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