The Student Government Association executive board will fulfill another platform point with their student-run Technology Advisory Board.
TAB was created to give students a voice with which to let professors know what kind of technology they would like to see in the classroom.
SGA was in the Atrium today asking students their opinion on technology at Ball State.
Kayla Stanton, president of SGA, said the students who came to talk to them had insightful things to say.
"Students have legitimate concerns and recommendations on how to make it better," she said.
Stanton said right now, 67% of professors use Blackboard.
Sean Robinson, sophomore criminal justice major, said all of his teachers use some form of technology this semester, but he has had teachers who don't use any.
"It helps organize things," he said.
He said TAB sounds like something Ball State needs.
"I think it sounds like a good idea, because I know people get frustrated with Blackboard a lot," he said.
Robinson said his professors use a variety of technology such as Blackboard, Google and Twitter as a way to communicate.
Senior business administration major Katelyn Neary thinks technology helps with communication in the classroom.
"I think it would be beneficial to both students and professors because it creates communication," she said.
Neary said she likes the idea of the class as an online group that can address each other's needs.
"It's like a third party," she said.
Stanton said people outside of SGA can join, and she would like to see people with varying degrees of technology be a part of TAB.
"The majority of students aren't experts in [technology]," she said.
Stanton believes it is an important issue because of its prevalence on campus.
"Every student uses technology at Ball State," she said.
To get involved with TAB, contact SGA at sga@bsu.edu.
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