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Struggling With Classrooms

Presented by Michael RhoadarmerMedia Systems Manager, Wheaton College

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Rule One

The classroom

is about

teaching not

about

technology

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Principles of Design

Function Form

UtilityAesthetics

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Understanding the Process

Buy In

Faculty

Deans

Admin.

Budgeting

Approval

Build It

Committee

Provost

Donor VP

Director

Technician

Contractor

Architects

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What Faculty Want

Every piece of

equipment I might need

The big green button

No setup time before

class

Always available when

I’m teaching

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What Administrators Want

Small budgets

Installed during

semester breaks

Finished once and for

all

One size fits all

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What Technicians Want

Fixes it’s self

Easy to upgrade

Little chance of user

error

Lots of money to do

it “right”

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It costs lots of

Money

Reality of Technology

It has lots of

Buttons

It takes up lots of

Space

It needs lots of

Electricity

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Classrooms, Form Follows Functions

Function Form

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Classrooms, Form Follows FunctionsPut content onto a large screen

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Classrooms, Form Follows Functions

Easy access to content

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Classrooms, Form Follows FunctionsLet faculty interact with content

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Classrooms, Form Follows FunctionsNeed a place to put your notes

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Want Makes A Classroom Smart?

Data Projector

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Want Makes A Classroom Smart?

Data ProjectorNetworked

computers

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Want Is A Classroom Smart?

• Data Projector• Networked computers• Control System

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Want Is A Classroom Smart?

• Data Projector• Networked computers• Control System• Discipline specific display equipment

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Want Is A Classroom Smart?

• Data Projector• Networked computers• Control System• Discipline specific display equipment

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End Users and Control Systems

•What are people already used to?

•How much effort is required?

•How reliable is it?

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Touch Panels

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Simple Systems• Control system with a few buttons• Use the remotes for VCRs and DVDs

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Answer 1, The Teaching Desk

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Answer 2, Stick It in a Closet

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Answer 3, Wireless (sort of)

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Answer 4, The CART

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Our Latest Answer

The Umbilical

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Our Latest Answer

Mobile Teacher’s Desk

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Our Latest Answer

Computer Support

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Our Latest Answer

Large Racks

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ConclusionsQUESTIONS?