Baruch and New Media

From IT point of view, I think there's little we can integrate social media into educational environment because of its nature. I've read several articles and news about student/teacher relationships, so to stay away from those kind of issues, there's always a need to separate and differentiate both. ;however from a broader view, new media technology can be used to improve and enhance communication between students and faculty. Essentially, new media technology are supposed to facilitate communication, so based on personal experience, I would suggest that they implement mobile apps which are accessible off-campus. Just as internet is the backbone for new media, so it's paving ways for wireless technology. New media technology like airplay, miracast, air-server can actually allow professors to projects lectures from their IPAD/IPHONE without being physically connected to any computer. For instance at BMCC where I work, we have just implemented an air-server application on campus that allows professors to project from their smart devices. Also some mobile apps that can help students/faculty find their classes, books, online classmates, campus map and room locations, and finally check for labs with free computers. So basically, students can get more and adequate information even before they get to the campus.