Instructor: Delo Mook, Physics Department

Overview: Prof. Mook will construct a mobile podium or lectern that will permit the presentation of several kinds of media, including television, laser disk, video tape, and the contents of a Macintosh screen. This will support the “play back” of computer animations produced in the Physics department as well as student analysis of physical phenomena. Plans are to use the podium in Physics 13 and 14, and in Astronomy 1 and 2.

Instructor: Chris Jernstedt, Psychology Department

Overview: To stimulate student participation in large lecture classes, Prof. Jernstedt will design and construct a computer podium. It will connect to standard lab test apparatus and be used to gather real-time data and display it, using a combination of graphical and numerical presentation methods.

Instructor: Ken Belitz, Pat McHaffie, Earth Sciences Department

Overview: This project seeks to enhance undergraduate instruction that involve Geographical Information Systems (GIS). It will make computers available at three different locations (Rahr, Image Processing, and Hydrogeology labs). The PCs will be equipped to provide data analysis, display, entry, and editing capabilities. These facilities will be used in Geography 43,45, and 48, Earth Science 22, 26 and 66.

Instructor: George Langford, Biology Department

Overview: Using a light microscope, Prof. Langford has proposed a project that will permit students to analyze readings on Macintosh computers that can display video sequences. Using a video output plug on the microscope, pairs of students will record a 30 second video sequence. This sequence will then be made into a digitized “movie.” Students will be able to access this digital movie over the network, allowing them to analyze it for class assignments. This will be used in Biology 15, which regularly has an enrollment of three hundred students.