Digital Video Classroom

For more information contact Susan Griffith at sbg4@po.cwru.edu, 216-368-1004, or 1-800-368-CWRU.

DIGITAL VIDEO CLASSROOM (running time = 1:52)

SUGGESTED INTRO: NEW DIGITAL VIDEO TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT. STUDENTS CAN VIEW VIDEOS OF CLASSROOM LECTURES ON COMPUTER, AND BETTER GRADES ARE THE RESULT. MORE IN THIS REPORT:

VOICEOVER: LEARNING COLLEGE PHYSICS CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR EVEN THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF STUDENTS. THAT'S WHY ROBERT BROWN, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, HAS TAKEN HIS CLASSROOM INTO THE NEXT AGE OF TECHNOLOGY. BROWN VIDEOTAPES HIS CLASSES, AND CONVERTS THE VIDEO TO COMPUTER FILES CALLED "QUICKTIME MOVIES". THANKS TO THE UNIVERSITY'S FIBER-OPTIC COMPUTER NETWORK, STUDENTS CAN CONNECT TO THE LARGE VIDEO COMPUTER FILES AND PLAY THEM ON THEIR OWN COMPUTER, DAY OR NIGHT, WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAVE THE DORM.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

ROBERT BROWN

CWRU, PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS

(OUTCUE: "3 in the morning, whatever.") ( :28)

VOICEOVER: MATTHIEW SMITH, A CWRU PHYSICS STUDENT, USES THE COMPUTER VIDEOS TO HELP HIM STUDY AND BELIEVES THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HIS GRADES.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

MATTHIEW SMITH

CWRU, PHYSICS STUDENT

(OUTCUE: "...and your all set.") ( :15)

VOICEOVER: BECAUSE DIGITIZED VIDEO FILES ARE SO LARGE, ONLY HIGH-SPEED FIBER-OPTIC CABLES WILL MOVE THEM WITHOUT TAKING HOURS TO LOAD INTO A COMPUTER. THAT'S ONE REASON CASE WESTERN RESERVE BUILT A FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SEVERAL YEARS AGO. AS PHONE COMPANIES UP-GRADE TO FIBER-OPTIC LINES, MANY COMPUTER USERS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THIS TECHNOLOGY TO SEND AND RECEIVE VIDEO MESSAGES AS EASILY AS USING A FAX MACHINE TODAY.

THIS IS DAVE NAROSNY REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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