Friday, September 6, 2013

Incubator Classroom: Two weeks in!

Incubator Classroom:  Two weeks in!


The incubator classroom has its first two weeks completed, and I keep getting feedback from faculty and, more second hand, from students.  In addition, now we have ten courses scheduled in the room (up from the original seven).

We need to work on the height of the monitors -- they need to come a good bit lower, so we are going to start with one and see if just a few inches is enough of a difference or if we need to be more radical -- maybe think about a swivel arm that will get the monitors further down.

We need to work on the noise level of the equipment -- hopefully, when the cabinet furniture finally arrives, that issue will be contained.

Faculty are concerned with students not paying attention to their classmates when others are talking - so, either faculty need to set clearer boundaries and/or student groups need to use the microphone to get though to the other groups who are busily working away on their own project.

Undergraduate students in particular like the colors of the space -- graduate students not so much -- and a large group of faculty entering the room is quite the experience in terms of what comments they come up with.

Question -- is there some good color evaluation theory out there that can be used as the basis for evaluating color in the space?


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