Nearly all of the lecture and discussion topics are presented by instructors using a multimedia projector that integrates animated slides, graphs, photos, and videos. And all of the multimedia presentations are keyed to the students program notes. They have nearly everything in their notes that they see on the screen in the classroom. The students seem to like the technology because they don t have to be taking notes all the time. It allows them to listen more to the instructor and participate in discussions without having to be afraid they will miss something important in their notes.
Instructors seem to like the new technology also.
Temple has been using it for about three years now in some of the topics that they teach in their police academy and in the continuing education programs they do for police and sheriffs. That is important to Keith Gebler who is Temple s Assistant Director of Deputy Sheriffs Continuing Education and to Jennifer Ciuffo who has the same position for constables basic and continuing education. Both individuals direct programs that require a lot of travel and a large number of instructors. Gebler will use approximately two-dozen different instructors to teach programs to deputy sheriffs in about eight or nine locations per year. Temple has training scheduled in Williamsport, Erie, Altoona, Clarion, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Reading and Philadelphia and Scranton.