tictech: why it just sits there...

From: Mark Ahlness (mahlness@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 18:31:53 PDT

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    -tictech message:

    Hi all,
    Just in case anyone cares about this sort of thing, my teacher workstation
    (CWS) hasn't been used in a few weeks. Administrators tracking this are
    certainly aware of whose machines have been on and whose have not, so I
    figured it might be a good idea to let people know why, at least in my case:

    1) I cannot print to the printer in my classroom from it.
    2) I cannot install or upgrade any software on it.
    3) It cannot access our local server, student work, launcher web pages, etc.
    4) It logs me off every ten minutes.

    Each of these reasons is worthy of a much longer discussion, but I'll spare
    you. Those using their CWS machines regularly have certainly had their
    computer use and teaching behavior shaped and modified by these limitations.
    I only hope the above issues are being addressed by those setting policy.
    And, more importantly, I hope the impact of these policies on classroom
    teachers (and their students!) is being closely watched and evaluated.

    I have a personal laptop on my desk which gets the job done just fine.

    Mark Ahlness
    mahlness@attbi.com
    Arbor Heights

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