Reflection #3

What? NU Wireless. What a joke. In a world with increasingly technical forums for education, how can I complete my assignments when the provided internet access is so desperately unreliable? Because of my busy schedule, I have very specific times that I am able to work on assignments and class work. It is vital to my grades and class performance that I be able to access online instructions and resources when I have the time. So What? This is a problem that spreads farther than just my own life. My roommates have similar issues, my friends in the dorms. Is this a world-wide bandwidth issue? Or is this a Northwest University Foux pas? Now What? I will speak AGAIN to the IT department. I know many other people who have sent complaint after complaint after question and humbly submitted argument who will be doing so one more time. I think that this is an issue that teachers must be aware of, because even if students have computer access, that doesn’t mean that, they will always have internet access, because they rely on someone else to pay for that service. As a teacher, it will be my responsibility not to assume that my students will have the technological means outside of the classroom to complete what I am asking of them, and to then provide those means during school time.