CLT

This past Thursday the class paid a visit to the first floor of Coates Library to receive an introduction to CLT by Robert Chapman. CLT stands for the AT&T Center for Learning and Technology and provides faculty and students access to high-end computer work stations, scanners, audio/video digitizers and other high-tech developmental tools. In the innovation studio there are 26 computers total, 14 Macintosh and 12 PCs, and 10 scanners, which gives everyone the ability to work with familiar technology. With all of these resources, faculty and students are able to develop multimedia presentations, reports and projects. Other facilities included in the CLT, other than the studio, include a digital audio lab, media presentation lab, video conference center and an innovation studio. After our brief chat with Mr. Chapman, we had time left in the class period to play with some of the technology. In our in-class assignment we were to draw a self-portrait of ourselves and using the scanner upload the drawing to our computer. Being a beginner with this it was a little tricky to do. However, once completed it was exciting to see what new things I could learn to do with technology. I can see myself using the studio for an upcoming Italian presentation and also for several photo albums for my family. This is my self-portrait I scanned for class.. It's hard to see but I'm in my soccer uniform.