The enhanced program is part of the St. Clair Edge mobile computing initiative and includes the provision of laptop computers with leading edge software. The phased approach will begin with students enrolling in September 1998 being supplied IBM Thinkpad laptops in 1999 in their third semester, which will be the start of their second year. Students in their first year in 1999 will begin working with laptops at the outset. Students will have unlimited access to the Internet from home and campus. The use of laptops will help ensure that students learn skills on the more current software.
More students are married and have part-time jobs.
We can post assignments on the Internet. It will accelerate the amount of curriculum delivered and the rate of learning. Perissinotti sees the college as able to influence what industry will use in the very near future. A lot of small to medium architectural firms are not using software that's available - such as 3D design, solid modelling and presentation software. We are the test area on their behalf.