Facilities

Pearson Hall, 3rd Floor (Click on map for more information on each area)

The LSRC

The Language Studies Resource Center (LSRC), located in 3142 Pearson Hall, was expanded and remodeled in 2006. The LSRC is a primary resource for students enrolled in foreign language classes who seek access to audio, video, textual, and electronic materials in support of their language studies. The Center also serves as the instructional technology hub of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, providing specialized media resources and support for language and culture classes throughout Pearson Hall.

Smart Classroom

This technology-enhanced classroom, located in 3113 Pearson Hall, was started with a generous donation from the Cargill Corporation in 2003. Recent funding from LASCAC in 2008 was used to update all student stations. This room was created specifically for integrating technology into the teaching of the various languages and cultures taught at Iowa State University and is the only one of its kind on the Iowa State University campus. The equipment available in this classroom includes multimedia workstations with individual headset microphones for each student and instructor, an interactive whiteboard, an ELMO document camera, a video-conferencing system, and equipment for playback of analog and digital video in all formats available worldwide.

The Smart Classroom may also serve as a video- or teleconferencing room. Its PolyCom system allow for collaborations with students and instructors in remote sites with compatible equipment. This classroom also counts with a SmartBoard, an interactive whiteboard that allows the presenter to manipulate projected content on the board by touching the whiteboard directly. All of the information written on the Smart Board can be saved and made available online to class participants.

The Smart Classroom is also equipped with an Elmo projector and with players that can reproduce content stored in any of the standard media formats available worldwide (multi-format VCR and region-free DVD player).