f
the possibilities that we are exploring with this tool. Would only permit
one at a time viewing.
Dan
On 2/1/10 2:51 PM, "Steve Taffee" <staffee@castilleja.org> wrote:
> I am looking for software that can be used by a teacher to observe all of
> the laptops in her classroom in a thumbnail view. ARD does this on the Ma=
c,
> but in our case we need a teacher's system (normally a Mac), to be able t=
o
> see the screen of any Mac, Windows, or Linux computer in her classroom.
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> At this point, observe only is okay. But if the software could also lock
> screens, keyboards, and so on that would be a nice plus.
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> Open source is preferred.
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> There seems to be dozens of possibilities out there, as detailed in this
> site on Wikipedia:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software
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> Cost of full-blown systems seem to be very high for something that may no=
t
> be needed as teachers become comfortable with students using laptops in
> their classrooms, and students learn better habbitudes about appropriate
> use. Nevertheless, I want to be able to present teachers who want such a
> system with the option.
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> VNC is a good standard, but it seems like implementations of it vary so
> widely by platform.
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> Thoughts?
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