Consortium of College and University Media Centers 2007 Annual Conference
Conference session – Technology in Every Classroom
Presenter – Sue Clabaugh, University of Maryland/College Park
Sure, everyone wants technology in every classroom, but as this session detailed, it takes a strong institutional commitment, careful planning, and lots of collaboration. Dr. Sue Clabaugh talked about developing realistic plans for installing and supporting technology in general classrooms. Collaboration is important to reinforce that the general classrooms belong to everyone, so everyone has a stake in taking care of them. A variety of user input is necessary to make sure the technology installed is adequate, but not overpowering. Planning is also important, and the input from users coupled with standards and guidelines, and appropriate design principles lead to well defined technology plans. All planning must incorporate allowances for support personnel, equipment maintenance, realistic equipment replacement cycles, and a room upgrade review checklist. The presentation had great importance to me and my work duties. I thought it was loaded with timely and good information.
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