[WEB4LIB] Classroom Control Systems: Your Thoughts, Please

[Steve Oberg]

Hugh,

I am not sure about what you originally described as what you are 
looking for, but I wonder if you have ever heard of a company called 
DyKnow (http://www.dyknow.com) and their DyKnow Vision product 
(http://www.dyknow.com/products/vision/)?  This sounds like something 
that may be of interest.  My understanding is that this software (or 
some early version thereof) was first developed at DePauw University 
here in Indiana.  We recently purchased this product for use in some of 
our science division classes along with wireless tablet PCs.  It has 
been very successful thus far and is helping us to rethink the whole 
pedagogical experience for students.  It is expensive but we have been 
able to purchase the requisite licenses and hardware through a large 
grant from the Lilly Foundation that is specifically targeted at 
improving teaching methods using, among other things, technology tools.  
It is currently being used in a large lecture hall and we are planning 
to purchase additional licenses for use in at least one other facility 
on campus (Taylor University --  www.taylor.edu).

Steve

laplend wrote:

>Fellow Web4Lib ' ians:
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>I have cobbled together a web page to show what facts I've gathered to 
>date on 5 different "Classroom Control Systems" (sometimes called 
>"Computer Classroom Control Systems" or "Digital Educational Systems" 
>among many other things - not all of them polite).
>
>If at all interested, please have a look at:
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>http://bluehawk.monmouth.edu/~hholden/CSS/CCS_contenders.htm
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>ANY thoughts you could throw back at me about any of these products 
>would be HUGELY appreciated. All of them are actually over-kill for what 
>we need, so if you know of something simpler and cheaper (but reliable), 
>by all means.....
>
>Thank you,
>Laplend / hugh holden
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