By Dekunle Somade, Daily Diamondback
Like many of the nearly 27,000 undergraduate students who attend this university, when I got wind of the expected snowstorms and potential school closings last week, I grew excited at the possibility of enjoying a day off from classes so early in the semester. Preparations for two separate parties and social functions were already in the works in the days leading up to the snow, as friends anticipated the inclement weather would in fact hit hard enough to warrant class cancellations. Fridges were stocked with beer, homework was left unfinished and large groups were organized to perform snow dance rituals to appease the snow gods who had proved to be merciful last year in an epic weeklong, campuswide shutdown, known to almost everyone as Snowpocalypse. But these preparations would be all for naught because a professor in one of my business classes announced during the first week of classes that he had launched the web conferencing tool Wimba Classrooms on Blackboard and that he would be conducting class via this communication tool “rain or shine.” Talk about a blow to the stomach.
http://www.diamondbackonline.com/opinion/technology-a-change-in-class-1.1962255
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