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Changes made to Gregg a positive step for multimedia
Staff Editorial
Issue date: 2/26/09 Section: Opinions
Sitting in the middle of campus directly across from Booth Library, the Gregg Computer Lab provided a place for students to gather and work on multimedia projects.
At least, that was its intended use.
Instead, staff noticed a lack of activity in the multimedia area of the computer lab; more emphasis had apparently been placed on the computers.
So the staff decided to make some changes.
What was once the Gregg Computer Lab is now the Gregg Technology Center. It's the same building and the same convenient location, but with a new name and a more streamlined look.
At a passing glance, the changes made to Gregg are subtle, if noticeable at all. To better accommodate students and increase usage of the various means of technology the lab has to offer, Gregg coordinator Donald Braswell and his staff created a more streamlined computer lab that opened up more space for students, as well as exposing multimedia centers that were previously obscured from students' vision.
In Tuesday's issue of The Daily Eastern News, Willie Morris, an English graduate student, said he was unaware of the multimedia center because it had been blocked from his view.
Now that the area is exposed, it has become more student-accessible. Morris said some of his friends are now working on documentaries by utilizing the multimedia center.
The more streamlined look of the Gregg Technology Center also allows for more open study areas where students can work together on group projects.
The open multimedia center and study areas are much more welcoming than they had been in the computer lab.
Increased student awareness of these areas encourages usage of them and could increase the quality of student projects and presentations.
Even the new name gives the Gregg Technology Center a new feel.
Previously, the name "Gregg Computer Lab" carried a connotation among students that it catered strictly to computer use and was used as such.
The name "Gregg Technology Center" gives the impression of more varied mixed-media usage and provides a public, more student-accessible means of media production such as video editing.
Although some students may have preferred the old layout the Gregg Computer Lab offered, the transformation into the Gregg Technology Center is a positive step in encouraging student media production.
The editorial is the majority opinion of The DEN editorial board. Reach the opinions editor at: DENopinions@gmail.com.
At least, that was its intended use.
Instead, staff noticed a lack of activity in the multimedia area of the computer lab; more emphasis had apparently been placed on the computers.
So the staff decided to make some changes.
What was once the Gregg Computer Lab is now the Gregg Technology Center. It's the same building and the same convenient location, but with a new name and a more streamlined look.
At a passing glance, the changes made to Gregg are subtle, if noticeable at all. To better accommodate students and increase usage of the various means of technology the lab has to offer, Gregg coordinator Donald Braswell and his staff created a more streamlined computer lab that opened up more space for students, as well as exposing multimedia centers that were previously obscured from students' vision.
In Tuesday's issue of The Daily Eastern News, Willie Morris, an English graduate student, said he was unaware of the multimedia center because it had been blocked from his view.
Now that the area is exposed, it has become more student-accessible. Morris said some of his friends are now working on documentaries by utilizing the multimedia center.
The more streamlined look of the Gregg Technology Center also allows for more open study areas where students can work together on group projects.
The open multimedia center and study areas are much more welcoming than they had been in the computer lab.
Increased student awareness of these areas encourages usage of them and could increase the quality of student projects and presentations.
Even the new name gives the Gregg Technology Center a new feel.
Previously, the name "Gregg Computer Lab" carried a connotation among students that it catered strictly to computer use and was used as such.
The name "Gregg Technology Center" gives the impression of more varied mixed-media usage and provides a public, more student-accessible means of media production such as video editing.
Although some students may have preferred the old layout the Gregg Computer Lab offered, the transformation into the Gregg Technology Center is a positive step in encouraging student media production.
The editorial is the majority opinion of The DEN editorial board. Reach the opinions editor at: DENopinions@gmail.com.
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