-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: #8411 Bar code program_scanner Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 15:32:11 -0600 From: Detiveaux, Georges J <[log in to unmask]> To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> We are piloting AccuTrack's lab plug-in & library / media feature with a bar code reader for full deployment in the spring semester (we're switching to this from a paper sign-in sheet & a checkout system whereby we held a student's ID hostage until an item was returned). Tallying / tracking student data & media management on paper had become a waste of lab staff time (time, of course, better spent actually helping people learn languages with technology!). The lab plug-in (PC software running on all student stations) is what students sign in & out of the lab with. The bar code reader (hardware) is for the lab's single-copy items (books, DVDs, CD-Roms, DVD-Roms, etc.) that students check out with their ID. Students can also be signed in & out of the lab with the bar code reader if you so choose. I think we got a good deal because other entities on campus already had AccuTrack (our Tutoring Services, for example), and that meant we didn't need the full-blown package just for the language lab. However, it's not that expensive. So far, it's working well. More info @ http://www.accutrack.org/indexMain.htm . Georges Detiveaux Language Lab Coordinator / Lead French Faculty [log in to unmask] Cy-Fair College, LRNC-203 9191 Barker Cypress Road Cypress, TX 77433 http://faculty.nhmccd.edu/gdetiveaux http://www.cy-faircollege.com/goto/languagelab phone 281.290.5975 fax 281.290.5283 "Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt." (L. Wittgenstein, Tractatus logico-philosophicus) -----Original Message----- From: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Otmar Foelsche, LLTI -Editor Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 12:32 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: #8411 Bar code program_scanner -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Bar code program/scanner Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:20:24 -0500 From: Tomita Hideo <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] CC: [log in to unmask] Dear Colleagues: I wonder what kind of bar code program you use to keep track of your equipment and resources ? The inventory in our language department is less than 2000 items though it is growing. We've identified B-Coder Pro v4.0 ($395) and scanner ($200) by TAL tech. ( http://www.taltech.com/products/bc_reader.html ) I will appreciate it if you could provide any experience with these products or others. Thank you. Hideo Tomita Kenyon College _________________________________________________________________ 「セキュリティ+PCメンテナンス」を提供するWindows Live OneCare ベータ版(無 料)を今すぐトライ! http://ideas.live.com/ -- ********************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar K. Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ********************************************************************************** -- ********************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar K. Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) **********************************************************************************