> Sorry for deleting who wrote the following :(
>
> :-) We have lived with this situation for the past 5 years or so.
> :-) On balance, I prefer it to the previous one where one did not
> :-) know whether or not there would be an overhead in the room until
> :-) the start of class. Mad rush before class to find a free
> :-) overhead to abscond with (if lucky!). I hadn't thought of the
> :-) prison or elephant analogy, but do find it aggravating to watch
> :-) out for the cord/chain and also to fuss with untangling the two
> :-) every week or so. But I also prefer that to teaching in
> :-) classrooms where the overhead is fixed in one (often
> :-) inconvenient) location. If anyone has an ideal system, I would
> :-) like to hear about it.
Because I always use overheads (they keep me semi-organized) I have
tons of horror stories scrambling to find missing ones before classes. PSC
has had a policy of one per room - but they still disappear anyway. When
you call the appropriate office, you get the "oh yes - you faculty are
always moving them - we'll have someone bring you another one in an hour or
two" answer :(
Partly in response to these horror stories I will be trying to do more
and more with portable multimedia. Two years ago we acquired a "portable"
multimedia on a cart the size of a VolksWagen - it housed one PC and one
MAC, one Panasonic projector, one sound system and a rat's nest of cables.
It works OK but is very awkward in small classes. So this semester I had
the department buy me a small laptop, and I plan to use the laptop with the
Panasonic projector instead of the overhead. The Panasonic projector weighs
10-12 pounds or so, so it's a little heavy to drag everywhere I go, but
it's worth a shot. The laptop weighs next to nothing. I hear there are
smaller and lighter projectors I may try to purchase. Because I am the most
frequent user of the portable multimedia (and the department's only PC
user) I figure the laptop-projector combo is just as good as my personal
equipment.
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John W. Kulig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of Psychology http://oz.plymouth.edu/~kulig
Plymouth State College tel: (603) 535-2468
Plymouth NH USA 03264 fax: (603) 535-2412
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