COIT computer labs

  Today, I wanna talk about the computer labs in COIT or College of Information Technology. Because really, its the only facility that I personally feel that I can express my opinions on, as I use it the most frequently when compared to the others. The labs are used for teaching purposes by the lecturers or for students to spend their free time with. Of course, the students are not allowed to do anything inappropriate, if you know what I mean. The internet speed is pretty decent, you can stream videos on Youtube, download whatever needs downloading, surf Facebook or 9gag or whatever site you want. However, sometimes there are rowdy and noisy students present in a given lab. They tend to talk loudly as if no one else is there, and sometimes turn the volume on their PC really loudly as if they never heard of what ear phones are. I hope that the staff or related people do something about this.

  There are 2 floors that are equipped with computer labs, being the 3rd and 4th floor. Frankly speaking, the computers in the 3rd floor are a bit out of date compared to the ones on the 4th floor. I never see students there except when they have the unfortunate fortune of having classes there. The ones on the 4th floor are much more advanced, with better processors and everything. Personally, I'm not one on computer tech, as long as the computer loads quickly. The labs are divided depending on the tools required in the PCs. For example, the Information System labs are equipped with programming software, the Graphics and Multimedia or GM labs have digital drawing tools, and etc. The GM labs had a recent hardware update, and now is the most advanced lab in the building. However, the staff somehow decided that it's better to have that awesome lab locked and only open for classes. I don't know what to think of this. If computer labs are meant to be used by students then locking them pretty much defeats their purpose. Perhaps they thought that students would abuse them, or steal the hardware? But then again, what of the students that actually use the lab to do actual GM based operations?

  All in all, the computer labs in UNITEN are great and are a good addition to the available facilities. I am thankful for the labs and am optimistic of the facilities that will be available in UNITEN in the near future.