Microcomputers to Improve the Performance and Communication of Investigative Science in Field and Laboratory Ecology

9452403 Murray Powerbooks和台式计算机工作站用于生态学的野外和实验室研究。该项目也是部门努力提高我们的种族多元化本科生的科学学习经验的一部分，并提供更多的项目，讨论，合作学习，口头和书面交流工作的机会。另一个目标是确保我们的学生获得收集，分析和解释数据的技能，并通过使用现代计算仪器和应用软件来展示他们的结果。Powerbooks用于收集和分析实验室和几个远程现场的数据，以支持1）每周一次的实验室被添加到所需的专业生态学课程中，以及2）在我们的生态学和有机生物学课程中选择的选修课程。Powerbook配备了调制解调器和以太网连接，允许远程和实验室访问自定义文件服务器、校园大型机和其他电子资源。

9452403 Murray Powerbooks and desktop computer workstations are used for field and laboratory studies in ecology. This project is also part of a departmental effort to improve science learning experiences for our ethnically-diverse undergraduates and provides more opportunities for projects, discussion, cooperative learning, and oral and written communication work. Another goal is to insure that our students gain skills in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data and presenting their results by using modern computing instrumentation and application software. Powerbooks are used to collect and analyze data in the lab and at several remote field sites in support of 1) a weekly lab being added to a required majors ecology course, and 2) selected elective courses in our ecology and organismic biology program. The Powerbooks are equipped with modems and Ethernet connections to allow remote and lab access to a custom File Server, the campus mainframe, and other electronic resources.