Lehigh University recently developed the Center for Innovation in Technology and Learning with the establishment of 4 new classrooms equipped with cutting edge technology. This will offer both teachers and students with an ideal learning environment that will encourage young minds to prosper and grow.
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New Classrooms For Better Learning
The new classrooms are developed specifically to enable learners to participate in group discussions and use technology efficiently while studying or working. These classrooms provide a lot of benefits to the students like, Lehigh Technology and Research and Communication writing fellows. These experts utilize the area to edit papers of students and interact with learners they are teaching. The fellows particularly utilise the CITL-TRAC programme house that consists of numerous tables and chairs which have been designed to support group communication. In this room, the TRAC 100 seminar is also conducted and the walls are adorned in whiteboard paint. This allows the learners to effectively express themselves and their ideas.
A Better Learning Experience
TRAC fellows and learners are able to make use of the CITL Commons, a room which has a more casual appearance and includes tables which can be utilised for studying by the learners. There is also an 80 inch laptop ready screen, a public printer and a digital bulletin board in the room. Students can easily access all these resources to complete their assignments and present their projects on the the large 80 inch screen or even utilise the digital bulletin board to build their ideas about various projects.
17 year old Sanjana Chintalapudi has been a working as a TRAC fellow for the last 2 years. She claimed that prior to the establishment of a designated space, Sanjana barely met other TRAC fellow colleagues; except for when a writing conference was held in the same location. She said “It’s more concrete and a space designed for what we need”
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17 year old Sanjana Chintalapudi has been a working as a TRAC fellow for the last 2 years. She claimed that prior to the establishment of a designated space, Sanjana barely met other TRAC fellow colleagues; except for when a writing conference was held in the same location. She said “It’s more concrete and a space designed for what we need”
Sanjana also focused on the fact that the new space helps to improve the program and make it more of a community. The area includes a specific section where everyone is allowed and may also be utilised for conferencing. The is also a space which meant to be used only by TRAC fellows. She added “Previously, TRAC fellows would have to find their own space in Lucy’s, Rauch or Saxby’s to conference with kids.”
Using Education Technology
There is another room in the CITL Classroom that is equipped with different technologies which may be used by educators to enhance their students' learning experience. There is a 98 inch ultra high definition touch screen display which may be used to display various types of images and videos. The screen may be used as a digital whiteboard as well and enables learners to video conference with other students and teachers from different parts of the world.
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Professor Ziad Munson, who teaches political sociology class, said “We use the technology room for a lab where students get hands-on experience applying the concepts they are learning in class and synthesizing class ideas to understand real world situations and issues.”
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