--- 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]> >References: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ 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]> --- > > >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]> > > ------------------ > > 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]> --- > > > >> 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 >