There's more to installation of digital projectors and smart boards than meets the eye as is illustrated by this photograph of wires in the server closet of Buchanan Hall during installation.
This fall fourteen new "smart" classrooms will be available to students and faculty at the College. These classrooms have a computer in a podium or wall rack unit, a ceiling-mounted projector, and a DVD/VCR controlled by a wall-mounted Medialink unit which replaces the need for individual remotes for each piece of equipment. This is the same system that has worked very well in the library classrooms.
Five of the new smart classrooms are located on South Campus in Buchanan Hall, the former location of the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. Now, after extensive renovations, it is home to the College's Education, Theater, and Religion departments, as well as the Ethics Center and Health Services.
Two of the Buchanan Hall classrooms are equipped with smart white boards on which notes can be written during class and then transferred to Moodle or other websites. The Education Department has five electronic Airliner slates that wirelessly display on the white board, allowing for more interactive classroom engagement. Another room will be setup for the production of videos for education majors who are practicing teaching and presentations.
Buchanan Hall also has a Student Common area with a built-in 60" flat panel television with a cable connection. The entire building is wireless and is LEED certified, meaning that it is environmentally responsible and a healthy place work.
On Middle Campus, in Reid Hall, Rooms 202 and 203 have become smart classrooms with upgraded sound systems for the Music Department's use.
Young Hall 309 is now a smart classroom while Young Hall 126 will be even “smarter” with two computers—a Mac and PC—connected to a flat screen TV which is hung from the ceiling to accommodate the room’s unusual dimensions. 
Hotchkiss Hall 09, 101 and Meyer Auditorium have had Numonics tablets installed. These enable notes written on them to be projected.
On North Campus, Durand Hall 209 will also become a smart classroom. Additionally, the Art lab has a new server that is 8x more powerful, insuring better performance and reliability.
Contact Karen Blocker at x6128 with any questions about smart classrooms or training needs.