Central College - Technology in Classroom

Please add your ideas related to this topic by filling out the short form at the bottom of each page. Some topics to consider include:

▪ ADA adaptable

▪ Desks large enough for students and computers

▪ Larger desks that can be reconfigured

▪ Lighting that can be controlled when viewing film

▪ Multimedia projection systems and various media capabilities. Ceiling-mounted projectors in classrooms

▪ ADA-specific computers in classrooms

▪ Larger space to accommodate students according to the cap (35 for social sciences)

▪ Modern floor-to-ceiling boards in computer classrooms and labs

▪ Labs that may be partitioned

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My Comment

comments:

Anon --Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:23:51 -0600, None reply
When you list overhead projects please tell me that you mean ceiling mounted projector systems, not the "old" projector of transparencies.

Anon --Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:24:17 -0600, None reply
include high speed computing capabilities using the same programs (versions) on all computers.

Alan Ainsworth --admin, Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:27:03 -0600 reply
"Overhead projectors" should be "Ceiling-mounted projectors with multi-media capabilities."

Chris -- Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:47:15 -0600 reply
Please-The ability for the instructor to control the temperature in the classrooms. It's hard to concentrate when it's too warm!

Alan Ainsworth --ainsworth, Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:59:53 -0600 reply
We will forward the comment about computer programs to the administrators in charge of computer labs.

Alan Ainsworth --ainsworth, Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:02:30 -0600 reply
Chris, we will forward your comments to Facilities Planning. However, it is our understanding that most new buildings do not have thermostats for individual rooms because of the difficult task of balancing the air flow for all of the rooms in entire buildings.

Daniel -- Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:49:39 -0600 reply
I do not think that partitions are nessecary for any rooms. If I remember correctly from high school and other colleges, The big clunky folding doors get in the way and also look unattractive in a class room/lab. They distract from the lectures and may make a student feel uneasy, as though something else is going on behind this temporary wall. One solution would be to make seperate smaller classrooms from the start. Perhaps just one giant lab may need a partition.

About the computers in the classroom, From past experience, they gather dust and quickly become out-dated. They require maintenance and frequently stall or freeze. They end up on a corner table along with a tangled mess of chords and teachers have trouble using them to their best advantge.

Daniel -- Wed, 04 Jan 2006 16:57:29 -0600 reply
Lights that may be adjusted when viewing film. Those are just normal lights. The problem when viewing films is getting enough light blocked out of the windows. The shades always get stuck. And when I say always, I mean approximately 90 % of the time. They get stuck up at the top and the windows being so high, they are very difficult to get down. Rugged shades that withstand constant abuse are a good candidate for this solution.

Daniel -- Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:08:26 -0600 reply
Desk size should not be a problem. When comparing desk size to other schools, colleges, or universities, small sizes are common. The HCC Central Business building has classrooms with table sized desks. This large size is limits the number of student able to fit in each room. This also causes all of the extra students to be crammed along side the walls, deskless, with just a chair. In a scenario like this, a late student entering the classroom disrupts the entire lecture. The student has to pick up a chair and carry it to the side of the classroom. A smaller desk size can have better benefits to the student and the teacher.

Alan Ainsworth -- Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:59:06 -0600 reply
Daniel, Thank you for your thoughtful and considered comments. Be assured that the President of Central, the College Transition Team, and the Facilities Administration have read your comments.

Student -- Sun, 19 Feb 2006 17:10:06 -0600 reply
It took more than a month to get a reply. Now we are anxious of what actions will be taken.

Veronica Camarillo -- Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:13:52 -0500 reply
Keep the Photography Degree!!! Do not shut us down!

JAYSON S -- Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:55:26 -0500 reply
MAKE THE WALL SURFACE..WHERE THAT YOU CAN WRITE ON THEM. LIKE A BIG DRY ERASE BOARD. I JUST RECENTLY TOOK STATS, AND STUDENTS COMMENTED THAT THEY HAVE THIS AT OTHER CAMPUSES.

G.CHAVEZ -- Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:02:05 -0600 reply
I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF THE MAC COMPUTERS IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO GET USED TO THEM, AND THEY SOMETIMES RUN SLOW AND FREEZE UP. IF WE CAN GET MORE WINDOWS COMPUTERS THAT WOULD BE GREAT!!

Troy -- Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:29:48 -0600 reply
Where is the wi-fi? Why is wi-fi not available to students in the campus? This is 2007 for goodness sakes. Wi-fi is cheap to install. The computer lab is always full (and hot.) I would like to be able to use my laptop on campus, especially in the business center buildings.

Alan Ainsworth --ainsworth, Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:39:50 -0500 reply
There are plans to have Wireless Internet on the Campus.