Lab Tour and Introductions

Pomona FLRC tour with Felix.
All tables, walls, etc. roll.
Remodeled old building—no power in outside walls, but floors have
No headsets on the labstations/desks... from checkout desk when necessary. St. Olof College found that jacks wore out on checkout hardware.
12 stations in lab—portable walls used for whiteboards, breaking up spaces, etc.
Want to use iMacs, but no VESA adapter for brackets...
Developed set of ‘regulars’. New center—1+ years. Faculty learning to come here.
How is tech seen in RTP? Part of teaching @ PC
Walls are beige-gray with bright project posters hanging: project title; software overview; teaching objectives; time needed; process of the project; “What else” comments, etc.
Storage space and project room on lower level.
Classrooms all have SmartBoards
Check out picture of custom chairs with tablet arm, cup holder, shelf for bag underneath.
Curved walls and enticing shapes to help people have ‘nooks and crannies’.
“Real labs and classrooms” downstairs.
Usual cap @ 20 students.
Can’t justify lab to have computers—events and activities that meet overarching needs of learning and socializing.
Introductions now.
Larry College, UCLA, St Olof (MN), UC Berkeley, CCSF, Bryn Mawr College (Philly), Colorado College, Lewis and Clark (Portland, OR), LA Valley College, CSULB, UCSB, UCI, UCSF,
Resources coming up during intros: software titles, LLTI, SWALLT, IALLT, LLTI Archives