High Tech Classes

Just want to point out the change in going from either undergrad to grad, two years ago to now, or poor backward university to a rich centralized one.

First, the chairs have become much more comfortable. All the rooms I've been in, even the big ones, have these swanky full backed chairs with about hundred adjustment levers. It's wonderful and certainly adds to the educational experience when your ass doesn't hurt.

Second, I just came back from my first videoconferenced class. Groups from Waterloo, UBC, Regina, McGill and us all joined by the magic of the internet. I really enjoyed the "Smartboard"tm which is a touch sensitive projector/ whiteboard/computer interface type thing. I've seen one before, but never one used so effectively by people across the country at one time. At the beginning of the class a bunch of us were talking about how outdated blackboards are, and that in ten years people will be amazed that we actually used chalk!

Will the wonders of technology never cease.