The Classroom

The EDS Financial Trading and Technology Center is a laboratory for the creation of innovative teaching techniques applied to all levels of education using the cutting-edge audio-visual technology that enhance teaching and makes distance learning easier.  The classroom has 38 Pentium III workstations that provide students with access to real-time data feeds from three leading providers of financial information: Bloomberg, Reuters and StockVal. In addition, the classroom is equipped with the following:

Touch Screen Master Control Monitor – The Touch Screen Monitor allows the user to select the type of image source from a menu.  The menu includes: the document cam, the smart board, Laptop #1, Laptop #2, and VCR.  Once an image is selected it can be seen on the projector or preview monitor.  A user can also change the light settings in the room and the audio levels for presentation on the touch screen monitor.

Document Camera – The Document Camera is a high tech overhead projector.  You don't tansparencies to use this camera.  It expands the user options for presentation by allowing you to place anything under the camera for viewing.

Smart Board – The Smart Board is an interactive touch screen.  It can be used as a computer, launching MS Internet explorer, or any Microsoft applications.  It can also be used as a traditional white board using special pens on the screen.

Laptop #1 – A laptop port allows a user to utilize their laptop for a presentation.

Laptop #2 – The classroom laptop also serves as the Bloomberg terminal.  Like the smart board, it can be used as a computer, launching MS internet explorer, or any Microsoft program.  However, unlike the smart board; you can use a disk, or run DVDs on this computer.

VCR – The classroom offers recording capabilities to anyone requesting a copy of their presentation or teaching program.

Video Projector – The high-resolution video projector allows the presenter to project any source onto the large screen in the front of the room. 

Preview Monitor –The Preview Monitor is a 60" NEC plasma that previews the input source selected on the touch screen monitor before it is displayed on the projector screen.

Cameras – Four Sony cameras stationed around the classroom are used for  videoconferencing.

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