The Concord Campus received a Congressionally Directed Grant to convert all the classrooms to Smart Classrooms (sometimes referred to as Technically Enhanced Classrooms or TEC's). Congressman George Miller, who is on the Higher Education Appropriations Committee, enabled the grant for this project. (Click here for the article about the project.) All new Smart Classrooms have a projector mounted in the ceiling, speakers mounted above the screen, and a smart cube (cabinet), which includes a computer, DVD player, VCR player, and cables for laptops. The built-in computer supports CD's and USB drives, but do not have floppy drives. To see the details on a particular classroom, including technology equipment, capacity, and location, click on the appropriate link:

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• Oak Room (LB153) NEW

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Smart Classrooms at the Concord Campus

The Concord Campus received a Congressionally-Directed Grant to update technology on the campus in the spring of 2005. The updates are now nearing completion. Congressman George Miller, who is on the Higher Education Appropriations Committee, enabled the grant to move forward to reality. A total of $421,600 was shared with Los Medanos College in Pittsburg.

The Concord Campus used the grant to make 21 classrooms into “smart classrooms" with computers, computer hookups, internet access, and LCD projectors for professors and students to utilize for classroom projects and presentations. The grant also supported streaming video in a conference room and enhancing the technology usability in the campus’ lecture hall.

Desktop conferencing will connect program coordinators, transfer counselors, faculty and students at the Concord Campus and Los Medanos College. These desktop videoconferencing units will enable students, counselors, faculty, and staff to consult and communicate on a face-to-face basis for advising and planning purposes utilizing the internet. “A campus such as ours is tremendously dependent upon the quality of its instructional technology”, explained Peter Wilson, former Dean of the Concord Campus. “This grant enables us to stay at the cutting edge. We are indebted to Congressman Miller.”

With their portion of the grant, Los Medanos College (LMC) has created three new smart classrooms. They also are equipping a Community High Technology Center to be used by members of the community including state-of-the-art presentation and video-conferencing facilities as well as laptop computer access by the community. Ten laptop computers will be made available for community members’ use when they are on campus for a meeting, presentation or simply for personal use, and will be stored on a cart that charges them. The mobile lab will also allow the College library to check out these wireless laptops for general patron use.

All improvements at the Concord Campus and Los Medanos College will also provide training and professional development opportunities for faculty and community residents using these technology enhancements.