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--- Forwarded Message from jeanette clement <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:01:21 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
>From: jeanette clement <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6032 LL furniture/layout dilemma
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

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A configuration that works really well in some of our university labs is
this: the computer stations run along 3 of the walls (so users face the
walls); the teaching console/projector is positioned near the front of the
room. In the center of the room, there are tables that can be moved and
reconfigured to accommodate several group sizes for pair/group work. The
chairs are typical office chairs that turn and roll, so students can easily
move from the computer to the table depending on the task at hand. The
instructor has easy access to all students and can easily see what is
taking place on all the computer screens. In addition, students can easily
see the instructor by rotating their chairs. The tables provide an
unobstructed writing surface.

I hope this is a helpful suggestion. I think it works really well.

Jeanette Clement
ESL Program
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA



At 08:12 AM 3/26/2001 EST, LLTI-Editor wrote:
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>>Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:44:51 -0500
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>From: Kirk Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: LL furniture/layout dilemma
>>Cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
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>Dear LLTI readers,
>
>As we contemplate what our renovated language lab
>will look like, some faculty want it to be primarily
>an instructional space, with some sound and visual
>isolation, clear sightlines to the instructor --a place
>where exercises and even tests can be administered
>with a minimum of student-to-student contact. The
>traditional forward-facing rows would seem to be
>the best layout for that sort of thing.
>
>Of course, other faculty are more excited about
>monitoring individual students doing self-paced
>activities, or having students collaborate in
>twos and threes. These instructors feel they would
>be best served by a cluster or perhaps U-shaped
>arrangement.
>
>These divergent needs have obvious implications for
>choices of hardware and software, but our immediate
>concern is the furniture and layout.
>(Is there any way to allow movement of the desks/carrels
>with mimimum risk to the wiring?)
>
>I would welcome suggestions from others who have confronted,
>with or without success, this dilemma.
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>Kirk Anderson
>French Studies Dept
>Wheaton College MA
>
>

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