On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Karen Estes
wrote:
> Hi,
> In setting up our labs, we were restricted by the height of the class room
> (existing space not new construction), and one of the problems I experience
> as a Statistics teacher in that lab is that the screen for viewing the
> computer output pulls down over the white board, leaving a few feet on
> either side for notes I might want to add. I have requested that another
> white board be installed on one side of the classroom.
>
> As mentioned previously the ability to control lighting is important. We
> have banks of lights that can be turned off or on. For the computer
> display, the lights need to be off at the front of the room but on in back
> for the students to see to take notes. Our teaching station is at the back
> of the room also, so there is adequate lighting there. (Very inconvenient
> for my teaching to have the computer is the back of the room, but it is
> apparently good for some.)
>
> We have teaching bunkers with lots of multimedia equipment in some labs.
> Some bunkers are far too LARGE and you feel isolated from the students.
> Try to avoid this. The person(s) who is/are teaching with the equipment
> should have input into the design of the bunker.
>
> Karen
>
> At 01:57 PM 9/14/98 , you wrote:
> >As a graduate student, we had a Technical writing course in a room with
> computers. They designed the tables so the computer monitor and keyboard
> were below the transparent desktop. The desktop had a tint to it so there
> wasn't any glare. The CPU was one that could stand on its side, and it was
> on the floor. When writing longhand, we didn't have a monitor or keyboard
> in the way. Also, the monitors weren't blocking our vision of the board or
> instructor. Some students took notes by typing on the computer and saving
> to a floppy. I don't know what other classes were in that room, but the
> computers were connected to the university network (anything we were
> allowed to access with our sign on names we could access from there) and
> the internet. I think they had all the basic software that usually comes
> with PC's, too. The tables were in rows, but it was a small room. Might
> have seated 30.
> >
> >Sandra Rena Chandler
> >Instructor of Mathematics
> >Thomas W. Moss, Jr. Campus
> >Tidewater Community College
> >Norfolk, Virginia 23510
> >tcchans@tc.cc.va.us
> >http://www.tc.cc.va.us/faculty/tcchans
> >757-822-1335
> >--------------------------
> >
> >>>> "Martha Haehl" <haehl@KCMETRO.CC.MO.US> 09/13 4:00 PM >>>
> >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
> >
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> Karen A. Estes, Ph.D
> St. Petersburg Junior College
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> Palm Harbor, FL 34683
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