Rooms 310, 316 & 317 each contain a suite of technology for face-to-face and distance education. Teachers can present information using:

• VCR
• DVD
• Document Camera (3D and document projection)
• Mac G4 with OS X 10.3
• Dell OptiPlex with Windows XP
• all connected to a ceiling mounted projector

Teachers can create presentations using an:

• E-mac running OS X 10.3 with editing software for video, text, images, sound
• dual deck VCR for editing video
• mini-DV player recorder for editing video on computer
• scanner for scanning images and text onto computer

Students can investigate problems using:

• Wireless laptops (24 iBook computers with OS X 10.3)
• ProScope digital microscopes
• Ti Calculators with Vernier Probes
• Vernier LabPro Interfaces and probes
• various lab equipment and manipulatives

The class can connect to outside resources such as foreign scholars, museums, academic institutes, and conduct virtual face-to-face meetings using videoconferencing equipment. Two video cameras and ceiling mounted microphones allow everyone in the class to be seen and heard. High-end videoconferencing technology allows the distant site to see and hear everything the local students see and hear- the computer, document camera, vcr, dvd, teacher, and students. Classes can be shared over the internet in real time for colleagues or students at other locations who have only a browser. They can also be taped and streamed over the internet allowing students to review classes repeatedly or just see a class that was missed.