Here is the second part of my interview with Lee Hoffmann, Audio Visual supervisor at Palomar College.  In the Q&A section I try to summarize Lee’s responses to some specific questions about AV technology on campus, and at the end the audio of the interview is available. Q: Would you support purchase and installation of newer AV technologies like short throuw projectors onto smart boards, or large screen LCD monitors in place of digital projectors? A: Yes and No.  Smart Boards are good in certain instances, but the ADA laws requiring that the bottom of the board limits their utility.  Their...

I sat down with Lee Hoffmann, supervisor of our Audio Visual department, to talk about the AV profile and plan for Palomar College over the next several years.  I am part of a small committee responsible for writing a new technology master plan for the campus, and we are in the information gathering phase of our project.  Lee’s input, then, is critical.  When you ask professors about classroom technology, the first thing they mention is “the projector.”  In informal surveys when we have asked professors attending our semester orientations if they use a digital projector to teach, we...

Yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Mary Cassoni, one of the outstanding faculty members at Palomar College, who discussed her use of Flip video cameras in her Business 150, Advertising, class.  I have included the audio of the interview below, and it will become part of this month’s “roll-up” podcast (due out tomorrow, Feb. 26). Briefly, Mary checked out 9 of the Flip video cameras from Academic Technology (we have a total of 10 for faculty check out).  She then gave one to each small group in her class and asked them to create their own 30-60 second video ad, including the...