[senit] front end for standalone PC

My experience of front-ends was admittedly many

sorry this is not one of those students. Just about
possible in school, but not at home.In fact a tech fix
will improve their behaviour so that's why i was
intesetd in front ends for standalones. Since network
security management is now pretty universal in schools
it has improved the behaviour of students like this in
terms of wild clciking &hacking a lot. however those
same students go home and the family pc needs to be
made proofable. I'm talking about students with SLD
+autism +quite severe challenging behaviour (enough to
have to use lockable pc cabinets & strapped down
monitors at times)
david
--- Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk> wrote:

> My experience of front-ends was admittedly many
> moons ago and was on an
> Acorn - it slowed things down and a crafty child
> could get round it!
> Might not the fact that it was 'his' computer be
> used to encourage him
> to be more responsible? - You could even use a lot
> of intensive initial
> supervision to let him think this would be his
> computer once he proved
> he could be sensible?
> Cheers
> Judith
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf
> Of david fettes
> Sent: 13 October 2007 18:39
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [senit] front end for standalone PC
> 
> 
> unfortunately the same thing would happen to a
> laptop/computer that was only for the student. And
> when the computer becomes crashed as described the
> student tends to have inappropriate behaviour which
> may include throwing the computer.So really a front
> end would be better.maybe some schools do have
> standalones that they use a front end on? (At a
> previous achool i did have to use ranger solo and
> use
> the computer as a standalone to stop a student
> accessing inappropriate sites on the net. The
> student
> could bypass several layers of ranger security)
> David
> --- Judith Stansfield <stass at onyxnet.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > His own laptop/computer? - if time = money, then
> it
> > would soon pay for
> > itself!  - could be second hand if he is using a
> > simple range of
> > programs
> > Cheers
> > Judith
> > 
> >  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Judith Stansfield
> > SEN ICT Consultant
> > BDANTC (Associate member)
> > Farm Cottage, 24 East Road, Melsonby,Richmond DL10
> > 5NF
> > http://stass.web.onyxnet.co.uk 
> > 01325 718139   07990572365
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk 
> > [mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On
> Behalf Of david fettes
> > Sent: 13 October 2007 12:18
> > To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> > Subject: [senit] front end for standalone PC
> > 
> > 
> > hi a student (autistic,P3-4)is benefiting from ICT
> > at
> > home (programs like switchit weather, with mouse
> or
> > spacebar) yet periodically crashes the family PC
> > (not
> > sure if its xp or vista) by clicking on everything
> > and
> > opening 30+programs at same time and accessing
> files
> > on c drive etc.
> >  I remember that RM Classmate? used to solve the
> > latter problem in school some years ago on win98.
> > Is it still available for xp & vista? would it
> also
> > stop multiple program opening? Ranger solo is an
> > alternative but RM classmate might be simpler? Any
> > recommendations for
> > this sort of scenario? david
> > 
> > 
> > 
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