[AT] [External] Re: Covid-19

[Mark Johnson]

These days, a teacher, especially at the college level, darn near needs 
an associate's degree in Electrical Technology to operate all the 
classroom electronics.


I had enough trouble, 10 years back, as an adjunct instructor, just 
dealing with the electronic whiteboard in a small computer-lab classroom.


Mark J


On 8/6/2020 1:05 PM, Gunnells, Brad R wrote:
> Hahaha..well I'm not sure it's really a thing. It was easier to say 
> that then to say the installed computers, switchers, cameras, 
> microphones, etc, etc.
>
> It's surprising how complex some of these systems are. Multiple 
> monitors, multiple projectors that show different inputs, software to 
> record it all for later learning.
>
> Brad
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> “Podium technology” There is a phrase I never expected to hear.
> Jim Becker
> *From:* Gunnells, Brad R
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2020 8:29 AM
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> I had a friend call and ask to use my trailer to haul some furniture 
> for his son going back to college. It's going to be interesting how 
> this all unfolds.
> I work in IT at University of Iowa, so for me this work from home has 
> been pretty much business as usual so I'm very lucky in that regard. I 
> work closely with the folks that maintain the classrooms (due to 
> podium technology) and they are equipping far more rooms to keep the 
> class sizes down. In addition some will attend the classroom while 
> others participate online.
> But as John says, the dorms and apartment complexes are confined 
> spaces. And lets be honest, when Friday night and the weekend roll 
> around, how many teen and 20-somethings are going to want to social 
> distance? We saw pictures of Spring Break in the south. I presume 
> we're going to see an uptick in our county numbers in early October.
> 2020 has been a shit-show of a year, plus it's an election year on top 
> of it. I'll be so glad to put this year in the rear view mirror, 
> things have got to get better....right?
> Brad
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