give up/ don't have workable wall space for interactive whiteboards =20
and/or will trade screen resolution/image brightness/shadow/room =20
darkening issues for image size. More lower school teacher gather kids =20=
on a rug for group viewing anyway. Putting a good sized flat panel on =20=
a rolling stand has been a win in a few classrooms. No damage yet =20
(sound of knocking on wood).
Cost of retrofit for ceiling mounts in some of our very old classrooms =20=
with way high ceilings, ceiling fans, etc., also pushes in this =20
direction, too, when interactive whiteboards with integrated short =20
throw projectors are not desirable.
LIke so many things, it all depends on what people are trying to do.
Curt Lieneck
Director of Information Technology
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
On May 5, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Ari Yares wrote:
> We just installed LCD projectors in all of our classrooms last summer.
> Teachers were very excited about it. We have one room that has a large
> screen TV and the staff has been avoiding using it because despite =20
> its size,
> it is just not as large an image as we can get with the LCD =20
> projector. We do
> need to make an investment in some decent speakers, though, as the =20
> average
> computer speaker does not provide high enough quality sound when =20
> playing a
> DVD in the classroom.
>
> Another problem that we have yet to solve is the wandering remote =20
> controls.
> Some of our classrooms are shared and occassionally the remote isn't =20=
> where
> you think it should be. Most of our projectors are the same model, =20
> so you
> can usually grab the remote from next door. Annoying, but this would =20=
> be a
> problem with either solution.
>
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 3:49 PM, James Haynie <DOT@chch.org> wrote:
>
>> As the cost of large scale 54" TV's lower have you thought about =20
>> installing
>> a TV verse a projector?
>>
>> Jim Haynie
>> Director of Technology
>> Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School
>> 785 Beaver Street
>> Waltham, MA 02452
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