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| Professional
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| Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday |
| 8
AM - 4:30 & 6 to 9:45 PM |
| Thursday:
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| 8
AM - 4:30 PM & 6 to 9:15 PM |
| Friday:
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8
AM - 4:30 PM 6:30 - 9:45 PM
(six day weeks only) |
| Saturday:
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CLOSED
or 8 AM - 1 PM
(six day weeks only) |
| Sunday:
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| 1:30
- 9:15 PM |
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The
Polk-Lillard Electronic Imaging Center began in 1995,
when the Elson Arts Center was completed.
The
center is a campus-wide computing facility focused
on the Art Department's electronic media curriculum.
The center houses three technologies-- computer lab,
linear videotape editing and computer-based non-linear
videotape editing..
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| Students
working at an Avid workstation. |
All
equipment can be used by any student; many teaching
aids are available. The Polk-Lillard Center also provides
faculty and staff with extensive professional development
programs in the latest technologies. The center is
named for Louis F. "Bo" Polk Jr. '49, Mary
Lees Polk '77 and John S. Lillard '48, generous contributors
to the center.
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Kemper
Auditorium is a state of the art theater used for
films, lectures, concerts and many special events.
The Auditorium is equipped with two 16mm video projectors
for showing films, as well as a projection system
capable of projecting video tapes, DVD, laser disc
or a computer presentation. Kemper
Auditorium also has a P.A. system for lectures and
public speaking, well as dual remote control slide
projectors, DTS surround sound and a satellite dish
that can receive 10,000 channels
The
Polk-Lillard Center has two multimedia classrooms
with slide projection, laser disc, DVD, videotape
and computer projection, all of which can be controlled
through a wireless touch panel. The classrooms are
scaled down versions of Kemper Auditorium and have
the same equipment except the 16mm film projector.
The
classrooms are available for all classes at Phillips
Academy.
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| A
student works at an Avid workstation. |
The
computer lab houses 17 high speed Macintosh computers
geared toward electronic imaging. Each computer has
a DVD-R drive and is connected to the network on a
100base-t connection. Other items include Wacom wireless
pressure sensitive drawing tablets, and Zip drives.
Students can use many software packages, such as Adobe
Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Carrera, Sketch-Up, I-Movie,
I-DVD and other graphical software packages
The
center also has four scanning stations for flatbed
work, including a large format scanning station; a
color laser; a black & white printer.
Digital
cameras are also available for students.
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| Professional
Development |
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The
Polk-Lillard Electronic Imaging Center holds
regular training for faculty and staff in
the technologies available at the center.
Instructors in the areas of Avid, Adobe Photoshop,
advanced editing techniques and other areas
have been invited to the center. These all-day
workshops are held three times a year and
allow faculty and staff to get "hands-on"
experience with the equipment and technologies.
The Lillard-Polk Professional Development
Endowment ensures that as technologies evolve
and are introduced into the center, training
is available for faculty and staff.
The center is thankful to Louis F. "Bo" Polk
Jr '49, John S. Lillard '48 and Mary Lees
Polk '77, who have made it possible for students
to access some of the best technologies available.
When students leave the academy, they will
be prepared to take on technological challenges. |
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