[Year 12 SofDev] Computer Lab question

[Vella, James]

Hi guys

We went through this process just last year, after going through a four-year transition process.

Troy, I'm happy to discuss this with you off-list and I'll shoot you a message later today.

Cheers

James Vella
Learning Area Leader - Digital Technologies & Computing, eLearning Leader
MacKillop College


James Vella
Digital Technologies Learning Area Leader eLearning Leader
MacKillop College
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   1. Re: Computer Lab question (Victoria Farrell)


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Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 09:16:21 +1000
From: Victoria Farrell <farrellv at stkevins.vic.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [Year 12 SofDev] Computer Lab question
To: "Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List"
<sofdev at edulists.com.au>

Good questions to ask:

   - Will your school cover the cost of Adobe Software and other expensive
   specialised software available for download on to individual machines?
   - Will the students have machines with the grunt required to run the
   required software?
   - How do you run a class with a range of different machines/OS or will
   the individual laptops be prescribed?
   - Who is responsible for ad hoc technical issues with laptops in class?
   The IT teacher?
   - Will the school have enough wifi ports and bandwidth to manage the
   additional 1000s of laptops demanding access? (My last school did not and
   it made staff tech training impossible: with only 80 staff we could not all
   access the network at once in the same location).

You need a lab! Hope that helps.

Vic

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Troy Coggins <tcoggins at sfx.vic.edu.au>
wrote:

> Hello All
>
> Sorry for the off topic post.
>
> My school is looking at getting rid of our computer labs in favour of
> a school wide student laptop program. I was wondering if anyone else
> has any experience in this, especially in terms of software
> compatibility issues and authentication of student SAC tasks. What should we be looking out for?
> and finally if anyone has any compelling arguments for keeping the labs.
>
> Thanks
>
> Troy Coggins
>
> *Troy Coggins*
>
> Curriculium Leader

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