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Smart Classroom construction costs and construction time will be reduced by developing a written agreement between interested parties. The Smart Classroom contract would be signed by the Smart Classroom engineer (Nathan Sauer), Physical Plant, Telecommunications, deparment chair and/or college dean. My goal is to have this process implemented by July 1, 2005.

The contract package will include:
-- drawing of the instructors' station
-- location of console
-- system components

I would like AIC to work with me on developing the agreement form.

The following rooms will have smart classroom equipment installed by June 30, 2005:
-- ED 105
-- HSS 332
-- NPE 113
-- NS 122
These rooms were funded by Certificate of Participation dollars.

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A federal grant that begins July 1, 2005 will fund an additional eight smart classrooms. These funds specify that the dollars must fund smart classrooms for Business, Math and Computer Science. Representatives from these areas including: James Chadney, Hamid Bahari, John Marsaglia, Lonnie Guralnick, Bill Kernan, Leta Edwards, Laurie Burton, Nathan Sauer and John Leadley; met on April 7,2005.

The group decided on the following smart classroom conversions:

ITC 211, ITC 305, ITC 310
Mod 1
NS 103, Plus two more rooms in NS to be decided by NS/Math
UPCC – C
2 carts for OMA / no infrastructure

ITC 211 is currently in the planning stages. It is expected that it will be completed before fall term 2005.

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The student technology fee committee voted a fee increase that will fund a total of five smart classrooms for the 2005/2006 academic year.