tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post5059833877969398645..comments2024-03-27T06:09:20.323+00:00Comments on EdCompBlog: This is mine!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08614417017549146281noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post-46714963641565891622007-11-11T18:30:00.000+00:002007-11-11T18:30:00.000+00:00In my primary school in New Zealand we have recent...In my primary school in New Zealand we have recently put in a mac server. Now every student can log in to their own space on the server. The first thing they did was customise EVERYTHING. I think the kids learnt more about how to use the technology through this than through anything we had done in the class before hand. They know their way around system preferences more than many teachers I know :). <BR/><BR/>They collaborated, shared ideas, made value judgments on each others' work and engaged in feedback. Wish every activity in the classroom could have such a high level of engagement.Jane Nichollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185395110248629846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post-62103149545360599402007-03-23T12:36:00.000+00:002007-03-23T12:36:00.000+00:00I agree completely. Another observation; whenevert...I agree completely. Another observation; whenever<BR/>there is a TV news report from schools on education, 9 times out of 10, in the background there will be banks of, switched on, computers, displaying either a Windows log-on screen or a screensaver, rarely do will you see them being used.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406223287162325927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post-18180351971498975092007-03-23T12:04:00.000+00:002007-03-23T12:04:00.000+00:00"I wonder if the head of education in that authori..."I wonder if the head of education in that authority has a computer with a black background and "Director of Education" written in yellow text? I suspect not."<BR/><BR/>He's quite likely to have 'Staff' in the corner though - that's what all the teachers get, the lucky scamps.<BR/><BR/>In my last school there was nothing quite as good as initials with the icons but a surprisingly large number had pictures of pretty ladies flash up as they logged off - the Pupil image must be separate from the user settings and disappears a little before everything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7407965.post-24779923486700435662007-03-23T11:22:00.000+00:002007-03-23T11:22:00.000+00:00I totally agree David. In a strange way, I think ...I totally agree David. In a strange way, I think that the grimly impersonal desktops are a great driver for the move out onto the Web in schools. Once pupils get into Web2.0 they enter a much freer world beyond the tight controls of corporate IT. I don't blame corporate IT, by the way - they have to manage huge networks with woefully low funding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com