About a week ago, I had the chance to visit a local ACCESS lab and explore the capabilities of what the lab can actually do. As I discussed in a previous blog, the ACCESS lab is designed for students to be able to connect to other local schools and take courses that may not be offered at their own school. I and another student in my class, Brett Kittrell, visited Baker High School in order to see how they are using there lab and how they plan to use it more in the future. We met up with the lab teacher, who showed us around and gave us a little explanation about how it is being utilized at their high school.
One thing that was so awesome was the fact that we got to see the equipment that they use and how they use it. When we walked into the classroom it seemed pretty average, but there was a computer station in the back, a camera on each side of the room, a large flat screen t.v on one wall, and a microphone hanging from the ceiling. The teacher explained to us that the cameras were used to record the teacher who was teaching the class and the students who were attending the class. The video was a live feed that was being viewed by another class at another school. It is a pretty awesome concept! The reason that they do this is so that the students in the second classroom are able to take a course being taught at another school because it is not offered at their own.
Another thing that was really cool about the lab was the big screen t.v in the classroom. This was used by the students in the lab class, and they are actually able to see and interact with the students at the other school through the television. I thought this was such a great concept because not only are students able to take a class that they normally would not have been, but they are also able to interact with the other class and even ask questions! The visit was an awesome and informative tour, and I am really glad that I know more about the ACCESS labs and how they actually work. The lab is a great idea and I can't wait to see it used more and more at other schools!
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