--- Forwarded Message from Lee Forester <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:58:42 -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: Language lab design question >References: <md5:FADCAD36518F3DD318207A54917A82E1> ------------------ Thanks to all of you who sent me ideas/suggestions/comments on our new language lab/building project at Hope College. Now a further question on the actual space: I'm currently envisioning having a single teaching lab in that the whole lab can be used to host an entire class (and probably will be during most times in the morning and early afternoon). As such I want it to be able to function both as a 25-station computer lab (individual and pair work on projects, not paired dialogs or anything) AND have enough room for 'regular' class work, i.e. lecture, discussion, small groups etc. Carleton has a nice room like this for about 20 I think, I'd like one for 25. I imagine the best arrangement would be computers along the walls with either desk chairs or perhaps small tables/chairs in the middle. Do any of you have experience with such an arrangement? What are some pros/cons? I imagine that accessing computers along the wall may be more difficult from a maintainance perspective. And how much net square feet would you envision for such a room? I'm in the nice position of being able to determine the size of the lab, but anything we use for it comes out of office and classroom space that we could otherwise have, so I'm interesting it getting it down to a comfortable but not too roomy size. Also, I need to set some size for the director's office and admin space. I'm not envisioning many faculty coming here to develop, just the director and perhaps a student or two at a time. Currently I have blocked out 1200 nsf for the lab and 600nsf for the director and lab/tech support. I think the lab is probably a bit big - don't know about the space for the director though since we currently don't have a director... So, any input on teaching lab layout/size and a range for support space (I know it depends of what we have, but that's still up in the air...) Thanks in advance! Lee -- Dr. Lee Forester Assoc. Professor of German Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages Hope College Holland MI 49423 tel: (616) 393-9533 fax: (616) 393-8803 e-mail: [log in to unmask]