--- Forwarded Message from Marty Dewindt <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:56:15 -0500 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: Marty Dewindt <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #6762 Advice sought for new language building >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ David Westerhof-Schultz at a school in sout-central Michigan just put in a whole new large lab. They went with Tandberg console. Not sure what else, but it was a success. Let me know if you need more info. Tandberg would have his name, but I can probably get it with a minimal amount of effort. Marty At 02:50 PM 7/31/2002 -0400, you wrote: >--- Forwarded Message from Lee Forester <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:45:23 -0400 > >From: Lee Forester <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > >Organization: Hope College > >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information > Forum <[log in to unmask]> > >Subject: Advice sought for new language building > >References: <md5:E3DD389CB48DAF10E7DBE609C48567B9> > >------------------ > >I'm in the wonderful position of representing our language department at >Hope College (Holland MI) in the planning of a new building for us and >the Communications dept. A part of this will be a new language lab. > >I'm looking for any advice I can get to help me with our proposal to the >administration. We have 3000 students at the college with about a 1-yr >language requirement. Currently I'm proposing a 32-station lab with an >additional 16-station dual classroom/lab. We now have a 16 station >audio-lingual tape lab, so it'll be quite a jump. > >We have no technical staffing currently, it's all handled by profs. I >would like to propose a full-time person to administer the lab, assist >in training, run the website and help us get our technical stuff up to >speed (including web-based placement exams, some other programming, >internet-exercises. > >Anyone out there who has built a new building and/or language lab in the >last few years? Made a pitch for increased staffing? Advice on what to >do and what not to do? Anyone with experiences with Tandberg or other >lab-software vendors want to chime in? Any spot in the archives I should >look at? (I just joined the list). > >Thanks in advance, I'll leave it up to you whether to respond to me >privately or post to the list. > >Lee Forester >Hope College >[log in to unmask]