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V Page 4A - THE CHARLOTTE POST - Thursday, January 28, 1988 Barber-Scotia Goes Computer In Seminars In staying abreast of the latest developments In computer tech nology, the faculty and staff of Barber-Scotia College recently participated In a demanding three-day mid-year workshop entitled "Computer Managed In struction for Faculty." The workshop was conducted by Dr. Donald Scriven, a consul tant in computer science and professor in the School of Busi ness at Northern Illinois Uni versity. The laboratory sessions, held in the campus lab, provided the opportunity for hands-on exper ience for the faculty and staff. 'The objective we are looking at is to Integrate the computer in the classroom learning so that it is used as a tool to com pliment the normal teaching of the discipline," Said Dr. Scriven. "Courses like math and ac counting are using the computer in the classroom," adds Dr. Scriven, "but Barber-Scotia Col lege is unique in that the efforts are to use the computer as a learning tool across the entire campus, including courses such as history." Mrs. Gwendolyn Cunningham, director of the Skills Assess ment Program at BSC, said the application of the computer to the study of writing, literature. Dr. Donald Scriven Qeft, standing), workshop consultant, provides computer teaching assistance to BSC faculty members Mrs. Gwen dolyn Cunningham and Dr. SuraJ Puri. art, music, and dance have hlgh- . lighted its potential as a crea tive tool in these and other fields. "A revolution in communica-t tlon and information technology is making the computer a basic tool for acquiring knowledge, or ganizing systems, and solving problems, said Mrs. Cunning ham. "As such, it is having a pro found Influence on learning and on the world of work. 'This is an absolute phenome non for Barber-Scotia College," said Dr. SuraJ Puri, chairman of the Division of Business and So cial Sciences at BSC. "We now have our own computer lab in place and for the first time the faculty has had a chance to sit on the computers. It is obvious that our faculty and students must be exposed to this tech nology if they are to consider themselves literate persons." Dr. Scriven stressed that the workshop design would also help the faculty meet the new guidelines of the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Schools, an agency that reafllrms the ac creditation of the college. 'The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has re cently changed its guidelines from measuring the quantity of resources to placing an empha sis on the competencies and progress of the students," said Dr. scriven. "So this is the first step, which is getting the faculty prepared to do that." Dr. Scriven said that students who graduate from college will need to be extremely comforta ble with the use of the computer. He added that no matter what Job they get, they have to come into contact with the computer. "So when the students at Bar ber-Scotia College begin as freshmen using the computers," said Dr. Scriven, "by the time they graduate they will be as comfortable with the use of the computer as they are with pen cil and paper." HELP! College Planning ACT-FAF- Forms Completed APPOINTMENTS ONLY CALL: 333-6499 LOSE WEIGHT! QUIT SMOKING! PROCRASTINATE... NO MORE!! CALL (704)598-6214 For Subliminal Tapes! No Diets, No Pills! No Instructions! Michael Stout. D.D.S. 700 E. Stonewall Suite 355 EAST INDEPENDENCE MEDICAL CENTER DENTAL WORK DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PAINFUL ANYMORE... ERASE THE FEAR of Dental Work! With State of the Art Techniques, Dr. Michael L. Stout will make your Dental Treatments " Painless " and " Worry Free " COME SEE US FOR YOURSELB'. 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Sponsored by CPCC, WTVI and IBM, the opening round on Super Saturday features teams from 70 high schools in about 20 counties. The winning high school in the competition, which is modeled after "College Bowl", earns a silver trophy and an IBM computer. HIGH-Q begins with modera tors posing Identical questions to each of the Super Saturday teams. The sixteen teams with the highest scores advance to the second round Feb. 6, when they each face an opposing team for the first time. Eight teams emerge to compete in seven televised matches broad cast by WTVI, channel 42, at 5 p.m. on consecutive Sundays, Feb. 21 through the finals April 3. "HIGH-Q is a race against the clock as well as against oppos ing teams," said Mike Myers, originator of the nine-year-old competition at CPCC. "Contestants rush to sound their buzzers -- sometimes before the question is completed — to earn a chance to answer and field a bonus question. 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