The Incubator Classroom is an experimental classroom space located on the fourth floor of the Convergence Center in 407. There are no regularly-scheduled classes in the space; rather, the room serves as a space for faculty to partner with the Division of Teaching and Learning Technologies to try out new technologies and methods of teaching in a flexible space with a variety of emergent technology being implemented throughout the campus. The Incubator Classroom’s furniture is all on wheels and the room features 8 floor boxes with inputs for equipment to allow an endless variety of configurations. The full list of equipment includes:
- 2 HD projectors
- 1 Rear LCD Confidence Monitor
- 2 PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) HD Cameras, one at the front and one at the rear
- 4 46″ flatscreen displays on mobile carts with front-facing inputs
- A lecturn with Mac Mini, BluRay player, document camera, and laptop inputs (HDMI, VGA, Ethernet)
- A mobile podium with laptop inputs (HDMI, VGA, Ethernet)
- 8 floor boxes throughout the room with a variety of inputs from power and network to podium connections and 4 spots for the displays to hook into
- Wired and wireless microphones and a ceiling-mounted mic array
- A server rack with a variety of control equipment (Crestron) including 2 HD capture boxes for recording and streaming lectures, 5 AirMedia boxes (more on this in a bit), and a full section of the rack for auxiliary inputs of a variety of types both in and out (HDMI, XLR, Composite, SDI, etc).
- 16 iPad Minis with mobile charging/syncing cart
- 6 Raspberry Pi kits
- A 5th Generation Makerbot Replicator on a mobile cart
- 6 Livescribe pens
- 6 Verb Handheld Whiteboards
- 18 Intersect Tables and 36 Caper Chairs all on casters
To reserve this room contact DTLT.
