June 9, 1997

Open House and Language Teaching Technology Demos

for Middlebury College Center for Educational Technology

The Middlebury College Center for Educational Technology

will hold an Open House for area residents to tour the new facility

on June 13 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Center, which will house

the College’s training programs in the use of computer technology

for language instruction, is located in the former Addison County

Courthouse at 6 Court Street in Middlebury, Vt.

At 5:45 p.m. Middlebury College President John M.

McCardell, Jr. will officially open the Center with a brief ribbon-cutting

ceremony. Immediately following there will be a live interactive

video link established between the Center’s downtown location

and the main campus of Middlebury College. President McCardell

will speak with Roberto Veguéz, director of the Middlebury

Language Schools, who will be in a studio on campus.

Various classrooms will be set up to demonstrate

the use of SCOLA, a service that provides the Center with television

newscasts from various countries around the world, and to show

hands-on activities such as scanning and digital photography.