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Joyce Winslow
jwins@oregon.uoregon.edu
Instructors with a yen for high tech teaching tools now have the option of using
a classroom equipped with 44 wireless Dell C600 laptop computers.
The classroom, the product of a collaboration between physics professor Greg
Bothun and Computing Center technical staff, is located on the second floor
of Condon Hall in Room 204.
The spacious facility is designed with maximum flexibility in mind: tables,
chairs, and laptops--even the multiple projector screens--may all
be easily configured to accommodate different needs. The computer LCD projector
is compatible with a variety of modern computer platforms and its projection
quality allows students to see the screen clearly even when the lights are turned
on in the room. Screens are mounted from multiple locations, making it easy
to project images to alternate locations.
When the laptops are not needed for instruction, they can be either locked
away or closed during lectures.
The range of uses for the wireless classroom are as varied as an instructor's
imagination. Students can use the laptops to gather data, to run experiments,
or explore e-commerce techniques, like Adjunct Instructor Carla Meeske's Marketing
199 class (see cover).
To reserve the classroom for instructional use, contact classroom scheduling at the Office of the Registrar (346-3325). If you plan to use the laptops for instruction, you'll also need to notify Microcomputer Lab Coordinator Mary Bradley (346-1737, mbradley@oregon.uoregon.edu)