Our School's Technology

When it comes to our school's technology, it's certainly not the best but it's what we have available. I believe that as paying students, we should have any resource that we'd need at anytime, whether it's for an in-class assignment or something for my portfolio.
It gets kind of frustrating, to both students & teachers when we're not able to pull up a project or the professor isn't able to teach what's supposed to be taught, just because the programs are down or running at a slow pace. If we had either better technology and/or better software, it would make things much easier.

A few ideas that I'd suggest, in order to improve our school's technology, would include:

1. Hosting some type of benefit/fundraiser at the school that would raise money & create a jump start for new technology. If people noticed that the event was going toward a good cause, they might be more likely to give.

2. Another method that could be used is to maybe start off with only a few really good computers that we're able to afford, then per semester , increase the number, 1 or 2 at a time.

3. And a third idea that was suggested by another student, was to maybe get together with the insiders associated with the Sister Beata Ball. With the help from their organization, I believe we just might be successful in receiving something to improve our way of learning. I say this because the organization usually does a great job with the annual auctions. For instance, one year they were able to raise enough money at an auction to buy equipment for the science department here at Benedictine University.
One of the sources that I've found to be very informational is the Milikin University website. When it comes to students searching for useful & up-to-date technology for the students, Milikin is one of the most appropriate schools.

1. According to Milikin University (www.millikin.edu) , their technology department "strives to deliver excellent support in the use of academic & administrative technology, the network infrastructure & cabling, the use of media, telecommunications, printing & mail services for students, faculty and staff. Our goal is to enable access to resources to enrich the Milikin's community's education, achieve their goals and excel at their work".
The site also has a great source for students to view, in order to see what updates have been made to their school in the past recent years, which include receiving iMacs in the classrooms.
I was also able to get the opinion from one of my fellow classmates, Janetta Townsend, who expressed her opinion about the computers. While in class, she told about how frustrated it made her to have to deal with the slow computers that are provided by the school. "These computers are very slow and sometimes it prevents me from getting assignments done here at the university".
After getting the opinions from students and also being able to see what newer technology is offered at other universities, like Milikin, this should make people see just how important our technology is to us, as students. And when we think about it, our technology is like our center here, simply because we use the computers to just about everything that is assigned by our professors. In my opinion, after we are able to have the appropriate technology & software, it will give us a chance, as students, to reach our potential while not having to worry about when the computers will delete our saved work.