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>Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:42:54 -0400
>From: "Donna Apgar" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: microphone extension boxes?

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Maybe someone out there can help us....

Central Piedmont Comm. College has 6 campuses now, all with
"drop in"  language lab services....We are seriously considering having students bring in their own headsets...selling them at the bookstore and possibly even packaging a lightweight model with the texts.   We think this will be more sanitary, less costly and more practical for us.   
I know this is done at Seneca College in Canada and perhaps in several other Labs?    Seneca ordered their computers with the extension boxes preinstalled.   We did not do this so need to figure out where to purchase (or how to create) extension boxes for headset plug-in in the front of the computer so that students are not crawling around the back to plug in.   

Our IT department has not found a dealer for this type of thing....but might put something together that would work.....Does anyone out there have any experience with creating or locating such a device?     
Thanks for your suggestions....



Donna Apgar
Interim Director of Language Learning Technologies
Central Piedmont Community College
PO Box 35009
Charlotte, NC  28235-5009
704-330-6167
fax: 704-330-6130
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Website:  http://www.cpcc.edu/langlab