AMPS staff operate several technology-based classrooms and videoconferencing facilities on campus. The specifications for each room are listed below.

Facilities

Hi-Tech Classrooms

The Ford Virtual Design Studio (9-152)
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • 910 sq ft
  • Configurable design
  • Seats 15 - 20
  • Dual rear screen projection
  • 3 portable, non-tracking cameras
  • Ceiling & directional microphones
  • Control projection source from lectern
  • Crestron panel or adjacent control room
  • Document camera
  • Sliding, mounted whiteboards
  • Dedicated IP subnet for Internet2 connectivity
  • Data ports for network connections
  • Tandberg 6000 codec for IP and ISDN videoconferencing
  • Multipoint videocall capabilities
The Kaufman Classroom for Teaching Instruction (9-151)
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • 840 sq ft
  • Traditional design
  • Seats 24
  • Single front screen projection
  • 3 ceiling-mounted remote control or auto-tracking cameras
  • Theater lighting
  • Ceiling microphones and tracking microphone for lecturer
  • Control projection source from lectern
  • Crestron panel or adjacent control room
  • Document camera
  • Sliding, mounted chalkboards
  • Data ports for network connections
  • PictureTel Concorde codec for ISDN videoconferencing
MIT Learning Networks Central (LiNC - 9-057)
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • 945 sq ft
  • Tiered amphitheater
  • Seats 45
  • Dual front screen projection
  • 4 ceiling-mounted remote control or auto-tracking cameras
  • Theater lighting
  • Ceiling microphones and tracking microphone for lecturer
  • Control projection source from lectern
  • Crestron panel or adjacent control room
  • Remote control document camera
  • Sliding, mounted chalkboards and whiteboards
  • eBeam technology for remote whiteboard sharing
  • Wireless Ethernet connectivity
  • Network data and power ports at each student's desk area
  • Tandberg 6000 codec for IP and ISDN videoconferencing
  • Multipoint videocall capabilities
  • MIT Cable connectivity for news/press conference capability
8-404
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • 620 sq ft
  • Configurable design
  • Seats 20
  • Dual rear screen projection
  • 5 ceiling-mounted remote control or auto-tracking cameras
  • Theater lighting
  • Projection source control through lectern
  • Crestron panel or remote master control room
  • Document camera
  • Mounted, sliding whiteboards
  • eBeam technology for remote whiteboard sharing
  • Data ports and flexible connectivity
  • Fiber connection for live webcast or digitization of lectures
  • Tandberg 6000 codec for IP and ISDN video conferencing
  • Fiber link to Building 9 master control production pod for routable data and video transmission
Park Room for Innovative Education (3-370)
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • 1739 sq ft
  • Tiered amphitheater
  • Seats 60 (+ overflow to 3-270)
  • Dual front screen projection
  • 5 ceiling-mounted remote control or auto-tracking cameras
  • Theater lighting
  • Push-button student microphones
  • Lectern laptop inputs and Athena workstation
  • VHS and CD/DVD decks
  • Document camera
  • Projection source control through lectern
  • Crestron panel or remote master control room
  • Mounted, sliding chalkboards and whiteboards
  • eBeam technology for remote whiteboard sharing
  • Fiber connection for live webcast or digitization of lectures
  • Wireless Ethernet access
  • Tandberg 6000 codec for IP and ISDN video conferencing
  • Fiber link to Building 9 master control production pod for routable data and video transmission
Bechtel Lecture Hall (1-390)
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • 1352 sq ft
  • Tiered amphitheater
  • Seats 69
  • Dual front screen projection
  • 5 ceiling mounted remote control or auto-tracking cameras
  • Theater lighting
  • Push-button student microphones
  • Lectern laptop inputs and Athena workstation
  • VHS and CD/DVD decks
  • Document camera
  • Projection source control through lectern
  • Crestron panel or remote master control room
  • Mounted whiteboards
  • Fiber connection for live webcast or digitization of lectures
  • Wireless Ethernet access
  • Tandberg 6000 codec for IP and ISDN video conferencing
  • Fiber link to Building 9 master control production pod for routable data and video transmission
  • MIT Cable connectivity for news/press conference capability
Edgerton Lecture Hall (34-101)
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • 3035 sq ft
  • Tiered amphitheater
  • Seats 325
  • Single front screen projection
  • 3 ceiling mounted remote control or auto-tracking cameras
  • Ambient boom microphones
  • Lectern laptop inputs
  • Projection source control through lectern
  • Crestron panel
  • Mounted, sliding chalkboards
  • Wireless Ethernet access
  • Wired network drop
  • Tandberg 6000 codec for IP and ISDN videoconferencing
Video-conference room (9-338)
Room Specs Audio Visual System Presentation Aids Networking and Connectivity
  • Seats 5-7
  • Dual front screen monitor
  • Desktop microphone
  • Laptop hookup
  • Mounted whiteboard
  • Tandberg 2500 for IP and ISDN videoconferencing
  • Wired network drop

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