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During the week of Homecoming, several meeting space projection systems were upgraded because of the heavy use and high visibility these room had during the this past weekend. These projection systems were due for rotation and retirement this year and we decided to change them out now so visitors and alumni would have a better experience using our rooms. The rooms included Mott, Boulaug, Peace and Hovde Lounge. Also, two new projectors were issued to the Help Desk for setup services. The projector model was a Sharp PG-F312X 3000 lumens.

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Recently User Services organized a recycling day for our broken and dated electronic equipment. We collected everything we could from CRT computer monitors, overheads, circulation desk check-out dorm switches,to slide projectors. If it was broken and deemed unrepairable or simply unusable, it went to be recycled. We used a company called Midwest Electronic Recovery to facilitate the recycling. Due to the distance they have to travel, MER also made other pickups within the Decorah community. Our local county facility will no longer take Electronics from commercial businesses. See pictures.

We swapped vacant channels with Decorah’s Mediacom so that additional digital channels can viewed with TVs equipped with digital converters here on the campus (good for the students in the dorms). We gave them Channel 52 and they gave us Channel 42 for our use.

With a new app from Crestron, today’s iPhones can control almost anything, below is an except from Crestron eNews.

Now available for download from the iTunes® App Store, Crestron Mobile Pro™ combines the capabilities of Crestron Mobile™ – to view home or office alarm status and adjust lights and room temperatures – with even greater power and flexibility for whole house control, including pre-set audio and lighting scenes, home entertainment, pool/spa and more.

Due to changes by Media Comm this week, I have had to move our local access cable TV channel from channel 23 to channel 17.

Last week I attended InfoComm 2009, a conference and vendor show on the latest products in classroom Technologies. I attended classes on

The remodeling of the Valders Auditorium has begun and should be completed by Mid August. A new Video and Sound system is going to be installed later this summer. Presently the room has been gutted and a Scaffolding system has been installed that covers the entire floor area and sitting area. The scaffolding system goes all the way to the ceiling, it’s quite the sight.

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Classroom Control Technologies have been installed into these classrooms in West Valders.
Rooms with Full Podium Systems;
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Rooms with Lite Systems;
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All the rooms are nearly finished, with only a couple missing carpet at this time. This completes phase 2 of the project.

The Language Lab now has Luther’s first 50 inch display. Soren Steding intends to use the display in teaching foreign languages in his Lab Studio. The display is a Sony Plasma, and anyone is welcome to stop by and take a look at it. DVDs, VHS Tapes, CATV and any Computer Outputs can and are currently being displayed on the unit. The display unit also has a network port for remote management.