In a recent message you wrote:
> Three main items were discussed in the Classroom 2000 meeting today at 2:00
> - 3:00 PM. Here is a summary:
>
> ** GCATT Technology infrastructure **
>
> A gentlemen from GCATT
The gentleman is John Copeland, director of GCATT. My apologies for not
introducing you properly, John.
>
> ** Classroom Scenarios **
>
> Gregory presented a few slides from one of his classroom lectures on
> object-oriented concepts.
You know, I was really pleased with how this whole part of the meeting turned
out, and I'm glad Scott and Yusuf pushed me to do it. I hope that as a result
of our presentations next week we will be able to decide upon a few top
alternatives for the student's interface.
And the success of this exercise convinces me that a top priority (within the
next month) is for us to do a full-blown lecture. My suggestion is that we
shoot for me to give a (video recorded) presentation on Chapter 1 of the HCI
text book. The more concrete we get with these exercises, the better. We'll
talk more next week about specifics.
> ** Delivery Platform for Educational Media **
>
> The group felt that a decision must be made rather soon
We have a ThinkPad and the DTR 1 (which Chris will give to me to give to
Nick and Yusuf and Amy) and they are essentially the same thing (modulo cost,
of course). We also have a few of Newtons. Neglecting cost for the moment,
we don't really have any means of judging between these technologies apart
from sticking our fingers in the air. We need to start experimenting with
communication between the LiveBoard and the other things.
Therefore, I suggest that Yusuf and Amy try to get some demonstration of LB to
Thinkpad/DTR communication and Sue and Nick do a Newton to Liveboard
communication. In fact, it doesn't even have to be communication with the
Liveboard. Thinkpad to DTR would be fine and Unix box to Newton would be OK.
But I want to get a feel for what's involved in shipping the bits between
these machines and what it's like to be on the receiving end.
Does that sound reasonable?
Take care,
Gregory