What makes a good place for computers is the ability
to use them. The Atrium fits those criteria. The Atrium is located on the main
floor of CPCOM. This area has a policy where one may not take drinks into the
atrium. The reason this policy is enforced is for the safety of the computers,
spilling water or soda may render a computer useless, where the best option is
when that would happen would be to look to the people who work at the
Technology Studio to see if they could help.
This is where the students can either
work in social groups and do course work or they can do recreational things on
their computer. This place is the center of the CPCOM building. There are not
only places to sit and outlets to charge ones computer but also wired
computers for the use of course work. These computers can be for those who do
not have their own laptop, they have cloud storage, when a student is
working on a computer in the main floor and they save it they can
later retrieve their work that they have done on the computer in CPCOM and
transfer it to their home computer. Those computers are in the range of 225
both mac and PC (asu.edu). Mostly the students will do work that their course
requires. This area is where collaborative learning
takes place. Students will be working together and collaborating and
learning together and will also help each other. This area is like
a comfy computer lab that is for free work. The CPCOM atrium is a
good place in conclusion, there is a place where one can use their computer
which is a good thing where one can unwind and play computer games but
ultimately be productive in their class work.
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| Photo taken by Morgan Hammel |
If you can try adding a little background to why the main floor is called the Atrium and maybe give some background of it. Try explaining why this is such a popular place for students to get group work done.Evaluation criteria would come into play here.You said that it is a comfy computer lab, expand on that.
ReplyDeleteGood job talking about the Storage Cloud system that the computers use. Maybe give more detail about what other types of technology are used on the main floor. Good source usage and try linking them.