Student and staff are anxiously awaiting wireless internet access at Pierce.
This influence is a long awaited process… Remember it is 2010!
“You would think they would have access to wireless internet at school,” says, Erin Flynn Pierce student. “Especially since there are mandatory website login requirements such as moodle.”
Jill Binsley, Professor of Computer Applications, made a long awaited announcement that Pierce would soon be wireless. In the last Pierce College Academic Senate meeting Feb. 22 in the College service conference room.
Pierce is currently conducting budget research.
The cost of the project is unknown.
The schools budget contributes to a network that’s only Windows ’95 compatible- Windows ’95 was established years before wireless.
Something doesn’t make sense! I thought so too.
How will wireless internet work on an out-of-date system?
It won’t -this is unacceptable.
You must have a computer that is wireless compatable in order to connect to the internet, when we finally become wireless.
Long overdue isn’t the phrase, ridiculous is better. C’mon Even Starbucks, a coffee shop has wireless internet.
“We would like to have wireless throughout the campus,” says, Binsley. Unfortunately “the budget will only allow us to have internet in classrooms and major gathering areas.
Binsley made me aware that there will be two separate wireless connections.
One for Students and another for Staff.
It’s yet to be decided if professors should control the wireless access through a switch in the classroom.
“I would support the instructor having some sort of control in the classroom,” says, Jack Sterk, speech Professor. But on the contrary “Outside of the class there shouldn’t be any restrictions.”
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