New Classroom
by Amanda Fisher
Natural Sciences 101 gets a makeover, helped in part by the new Gardiner Symonds Teaching Laboratory. Located on Fondren Library's second floor, the fully multimedia facility enables students to follow along with Professor John Freeman as he navigates the World Wide Web. The ceiling-mounted video camera projects class notes onto the room's large center screen. The amoeboid desk arrangement was designed to foster discussion and cooperation among students -- a far cry from the sturdy wooden rows of the Physics Laboratory lecture hall. The room will soon be fully functional, complete with cutting-edge video conferencing technology. There is one thing it lacks, though: a chalkboard.
This item appeared in the News section of the September 20, 1996 issue.
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