Instructional Technology
Technology Demonstration Center
Woodring College of Education's Technology Demonstration Center (TDC) consists of 3 labs in the basement of Miller Hall. The center's facilities include a full lab of 30 video-editing capable iMacs, another lab of 30 full-featured Dell PCs, and a help desk and testing center specifically designed to assist Instructional Technology (IT) students with their projects. The help desk is staffed by knowledgeable student consultants who assist students with questions as well as check out various pieces of equipment and administer IT344's Media Proficiency test. Miller Hall 75, where the Help Desk is located, also houses several multimedia PCs and Macs for software testing purposes.
In addition, Woodring has an extensive library of instructional software. The software library has over 1200 titles that include materials organized by type of machine, subject, and grade level. These materials range from computer-assisted instruction, to student and teacher tools, to interactive multimedia.
Instructional Technology Computer Labs
Miller Hall 66
Located in the basement of Miller Hall, this lab contains 30 iMacs equipped with 2 GHz PowerPC G5 processors, 2 GB of RAM, USB and FireWire ports, and DVD-ROM drives. They have the latest version of Mac OS X (version 10.5 Leopard) and several multimedia applications from Adobe and Macromedia. The iMacs in this lab are equipped with Apple's iMovie software for simple movie authoring and have Microsoft Office 2008 Pro Mac installed.
Miller Hall 72
Adjacent to Miller Hall 66 in the basement, this lab has 30 Dell PCs with 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 CPU 6600 processors and 256MB of RAM. Along with Windows XP Professional, each of these PCs features the latest version of Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Premiere, and a variety of other useful software titles. These PCs also have built in USB and FireWire ports as well as DVD-ROM drives and 17" monitors.
Miller Hall 75
Miller Hall 75 is home to the Technology Demonstration Center (TDC). Located across the hall from Miller Hall 72, this is where the Help Desk can be found. MH75 also houses the equipment for IT344's Media Proficiency test. There are scanners, external CD burners for both Mac and PC, hard drives for temporary checkout, external USB Zip Drives, headsets with microphones, and FireWire cables to connect digital video cameras to computers. This is also where the extensive library of instructional software is located. Friendly lab consultants are always available for help.
