Over the summer, the facilities and IT folks here at CCA have been upgrading the boardroom to use as a classroom for the DMBA program. Because our classes are big (up to 30 students at once), there aren't a lot of places in the school for us to meet. In addition, dedicating space for classes that only meet once per month isn't an efficient use of resources. So, the school's boardroom in San Francisco is now our new classroom, fresh with some additions that will make it more effective for us as well as for the rest of the school.
Changes to the boardroom include:
In addition to standard needs for teaching, we've already tested the system for Skype and iChat-based video conferencing with the Oakland campus as well as across the country. It won't be quite as nice as a professional videoconferencing system but it gets us 80% of the way for a fraction of the price.
Changes to the boardroom include:
- A new projector that casts a big, beautifully sharp picture from laptop, DVD, VHS, etc.
- Microphones mounted around the table to pick-up everyone in the room
- Speakers in the ceiling connected to any audio source we need
- 30 Ethernet and power outlets flush-mounted around the table (there are more in the walls as well
- A rack with mixing boards, DVD player, VHS player, digital audio recorder, and system interface
- 30 beautiful and comfortable new Catifa 46 chairs by Arper. These adjust up and down, swivel, and roll--all things the last chairs didn't do.
- Two new white boards (it's difficult to believe we haven't had any kind of writing surface up until now).
In addition to standard needs for teaching, we've already tested the system for Skype and iChat-based video conferencing with the Oakland campus as well as across the country. It won't be quite as nice as a professional videoconferencing system but it gets us 80% of the way for a fraction of the price.