Laptop Program Time Line

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Laptop Program Time Line

• Bill Moss
• March 10, 2003
• http//www.math.clemson.edu/bmoss

2
1996

• Summer CNS investigates Discussion Boards
• Sept Begin Martin-Earle renovation planning

3
1997

• Feb begin IT study visit Wake Forest
• Mar meeting with Provost Rogers
• Apr ad-hoc committee recommends a faculty
  development center and a CoES laptop pilot
• Summer innovation grant for Math Sci pilot
  laptop project.

4
1997

• Aug CoES pilot proposal submitted
• Sept two prototype smart classrooms constructed.
• Nov finalize Martin-Earle renovation plan
• Dec CoES pilot funded

5
1998

• Jan vendor interviews
• Mar hired pilot program director, Laurie Sherrod
• Apr Dell CPi selected for fall 1998, sent out
  applications to incoming engineering freshmen
• May purchased WebCT license
• June U Ga WebCT workshop, student orientation
• July student orientation

6
1998

• Aug student workshops, Martin-Earle renovation
  completed, 15 smart classrooms online
• Sept planned program assessment
• Oct communicon, Presidents Symposium
• Nov communicon, CoES Advisory Board, survey
  laptop student computing experience
• Dec analysis of assessment data.

7
1999

• Jan ICCEL, Wake Forest talks, Pearce Center
  presentation, CAC newsletter article
• Feb communicon
• Mar Dell CPT C selected for fall 1999
• Apr SUCCEED poster session, ASEE SE regional
  conference talks, Madren Center
• June paper, First International WebCT
  Conference, more smart classrooms constructed.

8
2000

• Feb talks given at UCF-Dell Laptops in the
  Classroom Conference
• Mar poster session, SUCCEED-Gateway Conference.
  Dell CPT S selected for fall 2002.
• May best group paper at Furman Conference on
  Technology
• June paper, Second International WebCT
  Conference, more smart classrooms constructed.

9
2001

• Feb Dell C600 with wireless mini-pci card chosen
  for fall 2001, talks given at UCF-Dell Laptops in
  the Classroom Conference
• Apr poster session, SUCCEED-Gateway Conference
• June paper, Third International WebCT
  Conference, more smart classrooms and wireless
  smart classrooms constructed

10
2002

• Jan CoES, BPA mandate approved
• Mar talks at colleges of IT, Eng, Bus of the
  United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain
• Apr DCIT chooses IBM R31 for fall 2002, poster
  session, SUCCEED-Gateway Conference, 57 laptops
  awarded to faculty
• Jun DCIT laptop help/repair center opens, laptop
  faculty development program begins

11
2002

• June more smart classrooms and wireless smart
  classrooms constructed
• July paper, Fourth International WebCT
  Conference
• Aug Laptops in the Engineering and Science
  Classroom, United Engineering Foundation
  Conference, Davos Switzerland, Maple and MATLAB
  networked license for student owned machines

12
2003

• Jan AAH, AFLS join mandate, articles in Faculty
  Directions
• Feb DCIT chooses IBM R40, T40 for fall 2003
• Mar Microsoft student site license for windows
  and office