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Monthly Archives: March 2007

March 20, 2007 – 4:14 pm

Kauke Combos

When Kauke Hall was renovated one of the exciting changes we all looked forward to was the installation of DVD/VCR combo players that would play DVDs and VCRs from around the world.  However, it quickly became apparent that the units were NOT “region free, multi-standard.”  In fact, they even had some trouble with tracking older […]

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March 20, 2007 – 4:06 pm

Taylor Hall “demo” classroom, room 210

We’ve been meeting with faculty from math, computer science, and physics to design and implement a “demo classroom” in Taylor Hall—the home of these departments.  Our intent is to try out educational technology that may then be employed across campus.  The technology we are focusing on shifts the focus (no pun intended!) from instructor presentation […]

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March 19, 2007 – 4:06 pm

Revisiting Spooky

Check out this blurb which is a blend of an NPR interview with DJ Spooky, who was one of our Forum speakers this fall, and our own professor of Africana Studies, Charles Peterson (CP).
The blended blurb:

CP agreed to work with us in instructional technology to produce something on DJ Spooky when we realized he had […]

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March 19, 2007 – 12:58 pm

Prototype Classroom going into Wishart Hall

As soon as classes end this May work will begin on a “prototype” room in Wishart Hall, room 102.
The room will typify the equipment and classroom layout that best creates a good learning space for the departments—communications and theater—that call Wishart home.  The technological equipment includes a computer, data projector, DVD/VCR combo, speakers and amp, […]

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March 12, 2007 – 4:26 pm

International Video Chat using Skype

Professor Rujie Wang and College of Wooster students studying Chinese had a video chat with faculty and students at Xi’an International Studies University in Xi’an, China. The program used to do this is called Skype. It is a free program which allows you to text message, audio chat and video chat with other Skype […]

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