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> Here is the latest version of a blurb describing the classroom 2000 =
project.
> The target audience for this blurb is the Governor and the Chancellor.
> It will be presented to the College of Computing's National Advisory =
Board
> next week. I would like to hear your comments before I send it off to =
the
> Dean. Please comment ASAP.
> Thanks,
> Chris
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> Classroom 2000: The Electronic Classroom
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> Our goal is to increase professor and student productivity in the
> classroom by replacing existing media such as chalkboards and paper
> with electronic media. Electronic media enables more effective and
> efficient presentation, and allows distribution of teaching materials
> in space (distance learning) and time (time shifting of presentations
> and review of notes).
I think we want to sound ambitious, but realistic - we may want to
say "supplement" rather than "replace." I don't know what kind of
support we have for claiming that electronic media enables more =
effective
or efficient presentation, but it certainly makes regeneration or recall =
easier.
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> Electronic Notes
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> Increasing student productivity is also important. Each seat in this
> classroom will have an inexpensive pen sensitive display device. A
> student will be able to take electronic notes, either by writing on
> "blank pages" or by annotating an electronic copy of the presentation
> on the main display. The time when notes were written will be
> automatically recorded, allowing students reviewing their notes to
> recreate what was happening in the classroom at any time. Student's
"Students", plural not possesive.
> will be able to review their notes at home using standard personal
> computers connected to the Internet.
We may want to add here that most GT classrooms are internet-connected,
supporting this review.
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> Tracking Student Knowledge
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> Ultimately, we want to know what each individual student knows so we
> can teach more effectively, and students could utilize their past
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not parallel - "and allow students to utilize..."
> By retaining these type of records of
> what is actually presented in classes for several years, professors
> will be able to prepare more effective presentations by efficiently
> looking at what actually happened in prerequisite classes. Lectures
> could refer to previously presented concepts, and put more emphasis on
> ideas that had not been presented before. A student that is confused
> by the concept of "conservation of energy" can review the classes he
> took previously by asking the system to access previous classes in
> which that concept was discussed. A student could also review by
> asking to see times in any classes during which conservation of energy
> was discussed.
including, perhaps, classes he/she did not personally take - we may want
to make that point explicitly.
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> Active Learning
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> The deepest and longest lasting learning takes place when students
> take control of their own learning. The electronic classroom will
> allow students to take control in new ways. In a typical classroom the
> person who holds the chalk is in charge, and everyone else is a
> passive observer. The student computers will allow each student to
> take charge of the main display to put forward their ideas.=20
we may want to be more specific than "put forward"; share, record, =
document,
express, etc.
> New forms
> of student collaboration could also be explored, where electronic
> voting or consensus forming could be used by all the students to guide
> what happens in the class.
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> Personal Tutor
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> The standard of performance we seek for this system is to make each
> student feel as if they have had a personal tutor throughout their
> educational career.=20
I think this is a big leap from the preceeding paragraphs, without
much backing information.
> This tutor would know what the student knows,
> assist the student in linking previous knowledge to new knowledge, and
> help the student understand and avoid previous mistakes. As the
> computer's ability to understand speech and handwriting increases, we
> expect to transition from the Electronic Classroom to the Intelligent
> Classroom.
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