University of Delaware
Office of Public Relations
The Messenger
Vol. 5, No. 1/1995
Recognition: A Special Report
Classic good looks married to latest in technology

     The new classroom building to be built on the Mall will
support the latest in instructional technologies. To see exactly
what that means, one need go no further than to several
classrooms on the campus that recently have been transformed into
high-tech exemplars.
     As an example of technological capabilities on campus, two
classrooms in Smith Hall-Rooms 120 and 130-have been renovated
and feature built-in, multimedia equipment offering a variety of 
options for teaching and presentations.
     Both are equipped with a multimedia console that doubles as
a lectern. By selecting the proper setting from the main menu at
the console, a professor easily can select and present music,
slides, films, compact discs, a computer screen and videotapes,
or adjust the lighting in the room. The console also is equipped
with a microphone with volume control.
     The front of 120 is furnished with a chalkboard topped by
large screens for slides. The slides, which can be shown singly
or two at a time, can be focused from the console. For films, a
large, movie-theatre-size screen drops from the ceiling at the
front of the room, while simultaneously, a projector
is automatically lowered from the ceiling over the seating area.
     Behind 120 Smith is a specially equipped smaller room with
equipment, where films, slides, compact discs and videos can be
easily loaded by faculty members themselves for sight-and-sound
presentations.
     Gore Hall will feature a range of classroom styles, with the
capacity for technology incorporated into its design.
     Classroom maintenance and improvement are ongoing priorities
at the University. Nearly all the classrooms on the Newark campus
have been renovated over the last five years, and by the time the
new classroom building is completed, the University's entire
inventory of classrooms will be upgraded and will feature technology 
appropriate to the type of instruction that goes on in them.