[senit] Re: front end for stand alone PC

thanks, I know the feeling. Have been informed that RM

Have you considered using a Mac. OS X certainly seems to
suit visual learners. You could just put on the Dock the
icons he needs access to and lock it all down. Also on Macs
you need an admin password to download anything with
executable code so no chance of him accidentally downloading
lots of malware.

My Macmini has crashed twice in two and a half years!

If you're stuck with windows then you might look at flyakite
which will add a dock but essentially its still windows and
is probably going to make it even more unstable.

----- Original Message -----
From: david fettes <davidfettes3 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: Re: [senit] Re: front end for stand alone PC
Date: 14-Oct-2007 18:08:00 +0100

> 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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