witnessed the use of a program called EduPlatform. Although it directly
does not prevent downloading it does offer some cool features, among these
White List internet browsing. The teacher can simply select the websites
that will be part of the lesson and limit access to only those website.
Students cannot enter an address , they can only select from the list
provided by the teacher. It also has a feature to limit access to the
operating system that the teacher can enable or disable at will. Basically
the program lets you create a lesson file that includes the digital
resources you wish to merge in any given lesson (webpage, followed by .avi,
followed by a powerpoint.) etc. The idea is to keep students engaged and
limit distractions. It also offers features to manage wired or wirless
network environments like Fixed/mobile labs, one to one and computer centers
in libraries and classrooms. Among these features, Real time monitoring,
(Great deterrent if used with a projector), send and receive files, screen
sharing, polling etc.
Giovanni
Giovanni Paoli, M.Ed.
Educational Consultant
Dreyfous & Associates
gpaoli@dreyfous.com
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith E Gatling
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 5:07 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Blocking Downloads
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Renee Ramig <rramig@sevenhillsschool.org>
wrote:
> I am trying to conserve bandwidth, so deleting downloads on log-off
doesn't
> really help, but great to know if I do need that option.
>
So as I read this thread, I find myself wondering if we're unusual at MPH
for *not* worrying about bandwidth, and *not* trying to prevent students
from downloading files. And now that I think about it, a fair number of us
wouldn't be able to function if the ability to download were turned off. So
many of us email files back and forth between home and school, or expect our
students to email their assignments to us (be they in Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, or a PDF).
In fact, the fact that file downloading except through the desktop version
of Outlook in our Citrix environment has been a huge problem for students
who have sent their homework to their AOL or other email addresses, only to
find out that downloading wasn't allowed, and they had to forward it over to
their other email address. I don't know how this has worked out since we've
been trying to migrate everyone over to using OWA.
And in the case of our Citrix environment, downloading was disabled to
prevent people from inadvertently downloading some virus, spyware, or Trojan
that would take down the entire system (usually by installing some new
toolbar). We haven't had this issue with our Macs.
--
keg
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Manlius Pebble Hill School
5300 Jamesville Rd
DeWitt, NY 13214
315.446.2452
http://www.gatling.us/keith
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