Re: Controlling Powerpoint on multiple machines

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From: David M. Marcovitz (marcoNOSPAM_at_loyola.edu)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 07:18:33 -0700

You might want to check out the April 2004 edition of Learning & Leading
with Technology (http://www.iste.org/LL/). You can access it if you are
a member of ISTE, and as a tech person for a K-12 school, you should be a
member. The April 2004 issue (volume 31, number 7) has a couple of
articles about uses of laptops in schools. This won't answer your
technical PowerPoint question, but it might give you some ideas to
suggest for the teachers.
--David 

-- 
David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/
"=?Utf-8?B?S2VubnkgU25vdw==?=" <KennySnow@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in news:5BDC60D9-F08E-479E-99F2-CB608FFB02DA@microsoft.com: 
> I have heard of them, and I want a few very badly :)  However,
> financially we can not afford to implement them.  Another reason I
> cannot use projectors (even the low-end kind) is that we are in
> "trailers" for some of our highschool classes.  Security is very poor
> since the classrooms are located outside of the main building, and I
> do not believe the projectors would stay where I put them :) 
> 
> Another reason I would like to do this is because of the (maybe
> unique) situation I am in.  Before I came on as my school's IT guy, a
> decision was made that laptops would be required in the higher grades,
> to prepare for technology etc, etc.  Now we are looking at ways for
> the students to use the laptops frequently in the classroom, other
> than just typing notes.  Since I have no projectors, and since I have
> teachers eager to use PPT, I started thinking of ways to use the
> laptops instead. 
> 
> I think the MSN approach might be a good one, but I had considered
> blocking IM on student laptops completely for safety/educational
> reasons. 
> 
> I'm researching all of the ideas now, I really appreciate all of your
> help...please let me know if you have any more ideas! 
>

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