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[senit] Re: front end for stand alone PC

david fettes davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Oct 14 18:07:53 BST 2007

Article: [senit] Re: front end for stand alone PC

thanks, I know the feeling. Have been informed that RM
classmate will solve the problem of accessing the c
drive but not that of opening multiple programs. Not
sure if ranger solo could solve that. actually by
making the computer conceptually appropriate to the
student's needs we would be increasing real
independence and arranging it for a visual learner,
compared with the "paradox of choice" type effect of
providing free access to thousands of "clickable"
items in the average PC , most of which are
irrelevant, and some unsafe for the PC. In the same
way all educational organsiations have to filter the
internet sites available to their students.
david
--- "Anna A.W. Wilson"
<aaww3876 at john-watson.oxon.sch.uk> wrote:

> I have had several instances myself of wanting to
> throw computers when they have crashed, so he has my
> sympathy. We had a student who would open multiple
> programs and it was only solved when we got a
> new faster computer. Alternatively someone could use
> ctrl to select all but one of the programs and close
> them quickly before the computer crashes, it seems a
> shame though for his independence to be
> eroded. 
> 
> 



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