There is no reason to attend class anymore!!!

I recently attended a Fairfield University RCADE workshop entitled What’s New in Technology. I do not think Fairfield students utilize these advantages offered to them. This class was really interesting and even beneficial. I learned that Fairfield recently acquired some new equipment that can simultaneously film the instructor of a class while at the same time catching any information they are projecting onto a screen from a computer.

This sounds simple, but it is actually more complicated. This data is uploaded onto a server and catalogued. Any student who happened to miss their class will be able to watch the entire class and see whatever computerized presentation the professor gave. Not only is this program supposed to be used for students if they miss a class, but also as a tool to study with.

But let’s look at this realistically from a student’s point of view; this just gives us another reason not to go to class. Why get up, get dressed, and schlep yourself all the way to class, at an inconvenient time during the day, when you can just log on to your computer whenever you have the time and sit through the exact same lecture? Plus you can pause the lecture whenever you want to take a bathroom break.

Personally I am upset that Fairfield University did not purchase this equipment earlier. Seeing as I am a graduating senior I will never get to use this new technology.