Change One Thing

If you could change one thing about this class what would it be? Would it be the no eating rule? Would it be the class time we have to work on our projects? The only thing I would change is the availability of the Mac computers on campus.

Trying to find a Mac on campus is almost like searching for cheap clearance items at five different stores, and not finding any. Sure there are the labs, and there’s some in the library but that doesn’t mean that they’re always accessible. In the future the campus needs to look into getting more Mac computers on campus for this exact reason. Finding a Windows based computer isn’t tough at all, but a Mac on is near impossible.

 I think some of the problems that we experience with our projects and exercises are due to the fact that we don’t have enough with the Mac computers. That’s just my opinion anyway. Due to the lack of useable machines, students tend to stress out because they don’t think they’ll finish their projects and exercises on time.

There is hope though. Some students have found a work around to alleviate this problem. If you go to Adobe.com, you can download a trial version of the software you need to use. The only issue with this work around is that you can only use the software for 30 days until you have to pay for it. The individual programs are pretty expensive, and most of us can’t afford to spend that kind of cash on computer software. We have other things to pay for.

 As the semester goes on, maybe we’ll have better luck at getting our hands on the software. If we have more time to experiment with the software, we’ll be able to become more proficient with each program individually.