Teaching Laboratory Donated To

Notre Dame By Judge And Mrs. Reggie

vantage of transmitting and re-' cording their own programs,' granting them the ability to spe- - cialize in particular work not r given to the remainder of the ] class.

Combining all the features re- ` quired in conducting classes electronically, students may be N monitored and recorded individually. The instructor may conduct a two-way conversation with any selected student or students, record the conversation, record 1 student response, link selected students for group discussion, P talk to the entire class at one time, and supplement recorded a programs with personal mstruc- ntieol.

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An important phase of the lab allows the teacher to teach a class ; at four (9) different levels at the same time, grouping each set of students according to their ability and progress, giving the rapid learners the advantages of speed-

Judge and Mrs. Edmund M. Reggie have donated a complete electronic teaching laboratory to Notre Dame High School, it was announced yesterday by Father Robert Sibille, School Administrator.

Making the first such laboratory in Acadia Parish schools and being one of the most modern and up to date electronic teaching facilities in this state, the donation affords the newly consolidated parish Catholic school the opportunity of using the most advanced methods of teaching many subjects, particularly foreign languages.

"We are excited over this new dimension added to our teaching Program at Notre Dame," Father Sibille said, "and we are deeply moved and appreciative for this costly and highly desirable educational gift by Judge and Mrs. Reggie.

Explaining the teaching lab's function, Sister M. Monica, O.C. head of the foreign language department at Notre Dame, stated that the teachers will transmit specially prepared lessons over any or all of the four transmission channels that are built into the teacher's desk console. There' will be thirty (30) student positions in the classroom, each set apart from the others by privacy shields and equipped with earphones and a microphone built into a headset, permitting the student to listen to the program assigned to him by the teacher through the transmission console. The student will also be able to respond to questions asked or practice language pronunciations.

Special electronic devices will permit the student to instantaneously hear exactly the response or pronounciation as it is made in the microphone, giving a realistic sound that enables the student to correct errors and adjust

diction properly.

Judge Reggie, in discussingthe motivation which led to the donation said that "We are greatly impressed by the high academic achievement of Notre Dame, and Doris and I feel that this facility will assist the school and the students of our area to become more proficient in teaching and learning foreign languages, particularly French. It is our hope that school and students alike will enjoy and utilize the lab to the fullest measure."

In addition to the tape and recording channels of transmission available to the teacher, an added dimension of projected film, electronically synchronized with the transmission tapes, will afford sight and image association with the spoken lesson drills.' 'We do not know of any language lab in the area that is so highly developed with such sophisticated equipment, so versatile and well programmed as this one w ill be," Father Sibille added.

Two special student positions, in addition to the thirty (30) regular stations, will be installed with separate tape recording devices which will afford the students using them the added ad-

ed up assignments and the slower learners the assistance of a more patient and slower pace.

The laboratory will be installed during the Christmas holidays and will be placed in regular use a by the school when students re- ;

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Special interest in Notre Dame High was pointed out in that Judge Reggie is an alumnus of St. Mich-

turn in early January.

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