--- Forwarded Message from "Cantu, Chris" <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Subject: RE: #7269.9 Mac vs. Windows (!)
>Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:42:13 -0500
>Thread-Topic: #7269.9 Mac vs. Windows (!)
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>From: "Cantu, Chris" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]>
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Have you thought about Robotel? It is a hardware solution; however, it
works with either Mac or PC. Also, since it is a hardware solution, it
does not tax the machines. Many software solutions will slow your
systems way down. We have had ours for 5 years now. We have had very
few problems. For the problems we do have, Robotel has been very
gracious and provided us with excellent customer support.
Christopher Cantu
Baylor University
Waco, TX
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>Subject: Re: #7269.5 Mac vs. Windows (!)
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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:
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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
> lab http://www.bu.edu/celop/mll/
> personal http://people.bu.edu/johndesz/
>
> On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 01:51 PM, LLTI-Editor wrote:
>
> > --- Forwarded Message from Betty Woerner <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >> 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]>
> >
> > ------------------
> > 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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