--- Forwarded Message from Bob Majors <[log in to unmask]> --- >User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.4.060510 >Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:27:54 -0700 >Subject: Re: #8280LAB CONSTRUCTION >From: Bob Majors <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Thread-Topic: #8280LAB CONSTRUCTION >Thread-Index: AcakTo79zZ4qhhBBEduzQgAKlYsvMA== >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > ... we're working on the lab layout ... > In the classroom, students need to be able to interact, and we need room > for a teacher station and tech station. Lorraine, We have an electronic classroom (computers with Virtuosos/Soloist etc.) with an 18" high platform that houses the teacher computer and worktables, TV monitor, video playback equipment, etc., with a continuous whiteboard backing behind it all (*lots* of space to write on). This platform has been seen use when things were cassette-based (Tandberg), and likely even back to distributed reel-to-reel audio, as far back as the 1950's. The students sit in rows of lab furniture*, 2 seats per 'desk' (with no sides or backs that rise up from the work surface), each row facing the teacher, with an aisle down the middle. Tower computers are below, and flat-panel monitors, keyboard, and mouse on the desk. The platform really helps the teacher see the students (in all rows), and vice-versa. If you build one, you can run cabling underneath it. It is very helpful to have surface space for a student to place a book, notepad, etc. * http://www.ki-inc.com/ is the manufacturer. Bob Majors Language Learning Center University of Washington