Colleges are becoming more and more technology oriented. Everything is moving to the web. Almost everything I need to do is accessible on the web. Here are the things you can do.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0School Email account
\n\u2022\u00a0Preorder books through college website (This is great when you get to school you just go to the bookstore and pick them up, they are all in a nice box for you. This eliminates the long lines.)
\n\u2022\u00a0Check class work and schedule online
\n\u2022\u00a0Check grades online
\n\u2022\u00a0Sign up for classes online(this tells you if classes are available and even how many seats are available)
\n\u2022\u00a0Converse with teachers
\n\u2022\u00a0Pay bills
\n\u2022\u00a0Pay fines
\n\u2022\u00a0Check for holds on classes and accounts
\n\u2022\u00a0Pay Tuition online
\n\u2022\u00a0check if your laundry is done online, or if there are any available washers and dryers
\n\u2022\u00a0get text message alerts for anything troublesome on campus<\/p>\n
This is all very different from when my parents were in college, from what they have told me they didn\u2019t have computers available and calculators were the size of textbooks.<\/p>\n
This is my last post as I am now going back to college. Thanks for being patient while I blogged for my Mom. I found out first hand it is much harder being a blogger than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n
Times have really changed and college has too by embracing technology making convenience come to you with the click of a mouse. One thing that hasn’t changed is the amount of work and participation to be successful at college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Colleges are becoming more and more technology oriented. Everything is moving to the web. Almost everything I need to do is accessible on the web. Here are the things you can do. \u2022\u00a0School Email account \u2022\u00a0Preorder books through college website (This is great when you get to school you just go to the bookstore and pick them up, they are all in a nice box for you. This eliminates the long lines.) \u2022\u00a0Check class work and schedule online \u2022\u00a0Check grades online \u2022\u00a0Sign up for classes online(this tells you if classes are available and even how many seats are available) \u2022\u00a0Converse with teachers \u2022\u00a0Pay bills \u2022\u00a0Pay fines \u2022\u00a0Check for holds on classes and accounts \u2022\u00a0Pay Tuition online \u2022\u00a0check if your laundry is done online, or if there are any available washers and dryers \u2022\u00a0get text message alerts for anything troublesome on campus This is all very different from when my parents were in college, from what they have told me they didn\u2019t have computers available and calculators were the size of textbooks. This is my last post as I am now going back to college. Thanks for being patient while I blogged for my Mom. I found out first hand it is much harder being a blogger than I thought it would be. Times have really changed and college has too by embracing technology making convenience come to you with the click of a mouse. One thing that hasn’t changed is the amount of work and participation to be successful at college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[357,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-trends","category-application-reviews"],"yoast_head":"\n