All Discussions Tagged 'computer' - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T15:01:27Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=computer&feed=yes&xn_auth=noImportance of Classroom Management Software for IT Admins at educational institutes | Faronics Insighttag:www.classroom20.com,2018-04-18:649749:Topic:11698892018-04-18T06:52:21.678Zcarla sullivanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/carlasullivan
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798934281?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798934281?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> <br></br></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Leveraging a </span><a href="http://www.faronics.com/products/insight" rel="noopener" target="_blank">classroom management software</a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">which provides robust endpoint management capabilities for IT admins is indispensable today to manage the digitally-enabled education…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798934281?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798934281?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" width="750"/></a><br/></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Leveraging a </span><a href="http://www.faronics.com/products/insight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">classroom management software</a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">which provides robust endpoint management capabilities for IT admins is indispensable today to manage the digitally-enabled education infrastructure. These tools come with a comprehensive set of features for both teachers and IT admins. The admin-oriented features such as hardware/software management, app, and web usage reports, and remote troubleshooting (to name a few) enable IT staff to provide optimized computing environment so that both educators and students can benefit from the institute’s investment on technology. <br/> <br/></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Let us see how an effective</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">can ensure IT-friendly classroom management!<br/></span></p>
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<li><b>Total Visibility and Control over Hardware and Software<br/> <br/></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Depending upon its size, an educational institute can have hundreds of computers deployed in multiple locations inside the campus. Computers in training labs and classrooms may have considerably different configurations depending upon their use. It becomes extremely difficult for IT admins to visit each device physically for checking its configuration settings and system updates. Also, troubleshooting each issue encountered by students during the classes by physically visiting the workstations is not just time-consuming, but it also disrupts the ongoing session and slows down the entire process of imparting and consuming knowledge.<br/> <br/></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The tech-control panel of a</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom computer management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">helps IT admins to view and access the system configuration of all workstations with just a click. A robust school lab management software features provide various filters and even a sort view as per the requirement of the IT admins. For instance, an IT admin can identify the computers running on a particular operating system, those having particular applications installed, and so on. <br/></span></li>
<li><b>Control Over application and Web Accessibility</b><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798934791?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1798934791?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" class="align-full" width="750"/></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provision of unrestricted access to relevant resources while eliminating the scope of web misuse is a major challenge faced by digital classrooms today. A</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">empowers IT admins to configure and customize accessibility to various digital resources to ensure that the learning experience is not affected due to usage restrictions. By implementing the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">student monitoring software,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">IT admins can ensure that students’ connect only to the permitted school networks, access the approved websites and media, and use relevant applications. This kind of comprehensive monitoring and control highlights the significance of a robust</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for educational institutes.<br/> <br/></span></li>
<li><b>Remote Control and Assistance<br/></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br/> The ability to remotely control a device is one of the greatest advantages offered by a</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom computer management software</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In every educational institute, a computer is used by students for a range of activities. Even instructors’ workstations, though accessible only to teachers, is constantly used for other functions, unrelated to the curriculum. As a result, system-related issues pop up and IT needs to resolve each case manually. This often leads to piling-up of service tickets.</span><br/> <span style="font-weight: 400;">A</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">enables IT team members to have complete control over students’ computers activities. Mouse and keyboard of students can be accessed and controlled without leaving the admin office. Needless to mention, this allows IT to resolve issues in minutes, which otherwise, would have taken hours or days to complete. Visiting every workstation physically and troubleshooting is clearly not the best way to deal with the issues commonly encountered in institutes. The remote access feature makes computer maintenance quite a manageable task. This feature is also useful for teachers as they can receive expert assistance in case a software function is difficult to comprehend. </span></li>
<li><b>Health and Security status of the systems<br/> <br/></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping firewalls and other security solutions up-to-date on all the computers in the campus is a routine task for IT admins. Also, keeping the system settings updated is extremely difficult as students and teachers often make changes to the settings to suit their requirement.<br/> <br/></span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">A</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">aids here as it also acts as a centralized management platform for IT administrators. It allows authorities to monitor whether the firewalls are updated and active on all the devices. Using the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">school computer lab management software,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">IT admins can define a ‘Health Status’ for the computers and can enable notifications to track which configured categories and not matching the health definition.<br/> <br/></span></li>
<li><b>Efficient Power Utilization<br/></b> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br/> Besides all the workstations in the entire campus, the IT infrastructure of schools and colleges often includes servers, routers, and other IT equipment. That is why electricity bills are a major overhead for all the educational institutes. Managing the power consumption of computers is essential to keep the OpEx within budget. However, with hundreds of devices in a campus, power optimization cannot be expected as students are likely to forget switching off the devices or putting them on sleep mode after use.</span> <br/> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br/> The power management capability of a</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">becomes effective for this purpose. It enables the in-campus IT staff to remotely change the power settings on both educator and student devices. Systems can be scheduled to shutdown, restart or hibernate corresponding to the class schedules. This ensures that students’ and teachers’ time is not wasted in starting the computers nor are the devices left switched on after use.</span><br/> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br/> There are a number of</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">classroom management software</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">available in the market, each claiming to be the best in class. Hence, selecting a comprehensive one that meets all the computer lab management requirements could be a challenge. Creating a list of challenges and analyzing the software features against that list is helpful in identifying the best option. One of the preferred classroom management solutions is Faronics Insight which has been adopted by various educational institutes. The software comes with both teacher console and tech console to ensure that campus’ IT infrastructure is being used efficiently and effectively.</span></li>
</ul> Interested in Computer Science in ELA Classrooms?tag:www.classroom20.com,2017-11-08:649749:Topic:11592082017-11-08T16:18:05.289ZTom Liam Lynchhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/TomLiamLynch
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<p>A legislative subcommittee recently voted to replace Michigan’s Educational Assessment Program with a computer-adaptive online assessment. How is your school preparing to manage state required assessments with the upcoming Smarter Balanced Assessment exam that will be required in 2014-2015? <a href="http://bit.ly/H9PzCV">http://bit.ly/H9PzCV</a></p>
<p>A legislative subcommittee recently voted to replace Michigan’s Educational Assessment Program with a computer-adaptive online assessment. How is your school preparing to manage state required assessments with the upcoming Smarter Balanced Assessment exam that will be required in 2014-2015? <a href="http://bit.ly/H9PzCV">http://bit.ly/H9PzCV</a></p> Need Mac Help for e-Gradingtag:www.classroom20.com,2011-08-01:649749:Topic:6934212011-08-01T04:18:12.281ZMark Penningtonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MarkPennington
<p>Colleagues,</p>
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<p>At the start of summer I released a simple download of 438 essay e-comments for teachers to use to improve essay response and save time grading. Here's a sample comment:</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Revise: Too Many “to-be” Verbs</strong></span><span><b><span> </span></b></span><span>Consider limiting use of <em><span>is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been</span></em> to one per paragraph. To replace “to be verbs” 1. Substitute a more active verb…</span></p>
<p>Colleagues,</p>
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<p>At the start of summer I released a simple download of 438 essay e-comments for teachers to use to improve essay response and save time grading. Here's a sample comment:</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Revise: Too Many “to-be” Verbs</strong></span><span><b><span> </span></b></span><span>Consider limiting use of <em><span>is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been</span></em> to one per paragraph. To replace “to be verbs” 1. Substitute a more active verb 2. Begin the sentence with another word from the sentence 3. Change one of the words in the sentence into a verb form.</span></p>
<p>The <a href="http://penningtonpublishing.com/Autocorrects.exe"><b>Essay e-Comments Download</b></a> inserts these 438 essay e-comments into the Autocorrect function of Microsoft Word® 2003, 2007, or 2010 (Windows XP, Vista, and Win 7 all work fine). The download simply updates the Autocorrects file. Email me at mark@penningtonpublishing.com, if you want directions and the Quick Reference Guide. Put Classroom 2.0 in the subject line, please.</p>
<p>The response has been tremendous. Teachers are loving this new tool. But here's the problem: So many Mac teachers have been pestering me to develop a download. If any Mac users want to tackle this project, please email me. I'm keeping this download and corresponding "helps" as freebies, by the way.</p> Essay e-Commentstag:www.classroom20.com,2011-06-04:649749:Topic:6453732011-06-04T00:54:50.129ZMark Penningtonhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MarkPennington
<p>Thought I'd share a five point rationale for having students submit essays online and a terrific resource I developed that has helped me <span style="color: #800000;">save time grading essays</span> while providing <span style="color: #800000;">better quality comments</span> this year for my seventh grade ELA students.</p>
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<p><strong>Why Submitting Essays Online Makes Sense</strong></p>
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<p>1. Having students submit their essays on the computer enhances the interactive…</p>
<p>Thought I'd share a five point rationale for having students submit essays online and a terrific resource I developed that has helped me <span style="color: #800000;">save time grading essays</span> while providing <span style="color: #800000;">better quality comments</span> this year for my seventh grade ELA students.</p>
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<p><strong>Why Submitting Essays Online Makes Sense</strong></p>
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<p>1. Having students submit their essays on the computer enhances the interactive writing process and the social context of writing by facilitating reader response and writer revision.</p>
<p>2. Submitting essays electronically is environmentally responsible, saves money, and provides an automatic portfolio of student work. Submission options are numerous: Google Docs®, Turnitin®, Moodle Docs®, Viper®, Screencast®, a school network dropbox, or e-mail.</p>
<p>3. Teachers can quickly respond to student essays by inserting text, links, and audio files in the comment bubbles within Microsoft Word®.</p>
<p>4. Teachers can require their students to address each comment by using Microsoft Word® “Track Changes.” Students then re-submit revisions and edits for peer and/or teacher review. Just like real professional writers do with their editors!<strong> </strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2">5. Teachers can save their comments in the Autocorrects function of Microsoft Word® and assign a short alphanumeric code to automatically insert those comments. Here's how: <strong><a href="http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/How-to-Add-in-eComments.pdf">How to Add in e-Comments to Microsoft Word Autocorrects</a></strong>. <strong>But why do this manually, one at a time when you can insert an entire e-comment bank of 438 entries automatically?</strong> Each comment offers a concise definition, explanation, and example of the most common writing issues. Of course, you can still have students submit paper copy essays and print or e-mail your e-comments, but why would you? Here's an example of one of the 438 e-comments.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Quick-Reference-Guide.pdf"></a><a href="http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ecomment.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2169" title="ecomment" src="http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ecomment.jpg" width="712" height="132"/></a></p>
<p><strong>Here's the Free Resource (Well... it does cost a nickel.)</strong></p>
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<p>Download the <em><strong><a href="http://penningtonpublishing.com/writing/the-pennington-manual-of-style-downloadable.html">The Pennington Manual of Style</a>, </strong></em>and insert the entire <strong>Essay e-Comments Bank</strong> of 438 entries in the Autocorrects function of Microsoft Word® 2003, 2007, and 2010 (XP, Vista, and Windows 7). And best of all… teachers are licensed to print the 47-page style manual for each of their students and place the e-comments on their personal computers, school network, and class web pages.</p> Education Technology Eventtag:www.classroom20.com,2010-10-08:649749:Topic:5158802010-10-08T15:18:20.093ZMike Beverlyhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MikeBeverly
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Hello Everyone,<br/><br/>I was hoping to poll to masses for some best practices used as far as bell work (beginning of class before bell) in a Middle School Computer Lab. Currently, I'm not using any because I haven't been able to think of something that would work well. What do you use?
Hello Everyone,<br/><br/>I was hoping to poll to masses for some best practices used as far as bell work (beginning of class before bell) in a Middle School Computer Lab. Currently, I'm not using any because I haven't been able to think of something that would work well. What do you use? Changing URL From YOUTUBE So I Can Use It In Class??????tag:www.classroom20.com,2010-06-17:649749:Topic:4801212010-06-17T19:54:53.441ZDenise Stewarthttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/DeniseStewart
I am losing my mind here. I have great clips from YOUTUBE, but my district won't allow me to access the site. As teachers, we have petitioned in vain. I know that there is a way to either change the URL or DOWNLOAD the clip to my computer, but I am ashamed to say that I don't know how to do this. Could someone help me out here? <br></br><br></br>Thanks.<br></br><br></br>Denise<br></br><br></br><a href="http://www.ellteacherpros.com">www.ellteacherpros.com…</a><br></br>
I am losing my mind here. I have great clips from YOUTUBE, but my district won't allow me to access the site. As teachers, we have petitioned in vain. I know that there is a way to either change the URL or DOWNLOAD the clip to my computer, but I am ashamed to say that I don't know how to do this. Could someone help me out here? <br/><br/>Thanks.<br/><br/>Denise<br/><br/><a href="http://www.ellteacherpros.com">www.ellteacherpros.com</a><br/><a href="http://www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com">www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com</a><br/> Scheduling Mobile Computer Labstag:www.classroom20.com,2010-05-13:649749:Topic:4712842010-05-13T18:44:55.615ZAlline Sadahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/AllineSada
My school is looking into using mobile computer labs (laptop carts) to replace the tradition computer class. We want to schedule the carts at least twice a week per group, but with a subject every week. They students move from class to class throughout the day. <br/><br/>Any idea on how to work out the logistics of a schedule for this?<br/>
My school is looking into using mobile computer labs (laptop carts) to replace the tradition computer class. We want to schedule the carts at least twice a week per group, but with a subject every week. They students move from class to class throughout the day. <br/><br/>Any idea on how to work out the logistics of a schedule for this?<br/> Holiday Activitiestag:www.classroom20.com,2009-12-17:649749:Topic:4214772009-12-17T14:07:10.942ZJustin Eameshttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JustinEames
Hello Everyone,<br />
We have a short week next week, and I was interested in doing some holiday activities in my lab. Does anyone have any suggestions for middle school/high school students?<br />
<br />
Happy Holidays,<br />
Justin
Hello Everyone,<br />
We have a short week next week, and I was interested in doing some holiday activities in my lab. Does anyone have any suggestions for middle school/high school students?<br />
<br />
Happy Holidays,<br />
Justin