--- Forwarded Message from Betty Woerner <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 13:40:50 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Betty Woerner <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #7269.5 Mac vs. Windows (!)
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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Actually, I should be more clear: we are looking for software that will
perform a virtual monitor function in a Mac or Mac/Windows lab, enabling
the prof. to listen in while students in a class are doing audio
exercises. This would be similar to the monitor function in our old Sony
tape lab. We use none of the other features of a turnkey lab, so to go
that direction would be a massive waste. At present, we have looked at
Wimba and E-LangLab. Are there others?
Betty Woerner
Reed College
Portland, OR
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, LLTI-Editor wrote:
> --- Forwarded Message from John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:48:00 -0400
> >Subject: Re: #7269 Mac vs. Windows
> >From: John de Szendeffy <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
>
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> > Betty Woerner <[log in to unmask]> wrote
>
> > This campus is
> > usually Macintosh only, but it looks like we will have to use a Windows
> > lab for language teaching because of the paucity of Mac software.
>
> Betty,
>
> I image more than a few readers on this list might be curious about
> what you mean by "the paucity of Mac software" for language learning.
> We run almost all Macs in our labs--with a few PCs thrown in to keep us
> up to date on virus hassles--and have never had a problem getting the
> software we need. Is everything available for the Mac? No. We don't
> need nor can we afford everything. But every need we have is met. I'll
> bet if you describe your needs, members of this list can give you Mac
> as well as PC titles to meet them.
>
> -John
> ___________________________________________
> John de Szendeffy
> Multimedia Language Lab
> Center for English Language and Orientation Programs
> Boston University
> ph 617.353.7957
> fx 617.353.6195
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>
> On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 01:51 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:
>
> > --- Forwarded Message from Betty Woerner <[log in to unmask]> ---
> >
> >> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:46:57 -0700 (PDT)
> >> From: Betty Woerner <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
> >> <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: Re: #7245.2 Tandberg proprietary network (1)
> >> In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> References: <[log in to unmask]>
> >
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> > DO those of you with Windows labs have any advice for us? This campus
> > is
> > usually Macintosh only, but it looks like we will have to use a Windows
> > lab for language teaching because of the paucity of Mac software. The
> > one
> > demo we did on Windows machines froze halfway through, enough to
> > convince
> > our faculty that it was not something they wished to pursue. I have
> > heard
> > that the freezing is caused by some of the machines in the lab having
> > slightly different updates on them, so that all are not "on the same
> > page". Doesn't running RevRDist or something equivalent on them before
> > the class starts get them to be uniform? If classes are contiguous,
> > is it
> > likely that individual machines will get messed up enough not to work
> > for
> > the second class? What have your experiences been?
> > Betty Woerner
> > Media Librarian
> > Reed College
> > Portland, OR
>
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