Forget the modern classroom...mano a mano...you and your kid, learning at home. Students are more computer saavy than teachers, but any/. parent has a good chance of staying ahead of their kid at home.
I grew up in public education, in one of the "best" districts in the nation. Now, as a taxpaying parent, I want my money back.
To stay on topic though, no teacher should have to worry about this kind of stuff. If a school provides a computer to a teacher as a tool, they have an obligation to know what the hell they are doing and provide security as well. Let's not make worrying about computer security yet another burden on teachers
Lots of good ideas for bags...thanks
For those who can't stand the thought that maybe I'm an idiot, and want to tell me how to do my job, here's a few responses:
VMWare is not working due to the memory needs I have. The apps I work with, and the databases accessing the data, can easily hit 1+ GB. Try running a couple og VMs that size
I need both OSes running at once. The interoperability of the tools I'm developing is critical, so I routinely test on both.
Leaving boxes running at home and accessing them
remotely via VNC or such sounds nice, but the reality is:
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If you can keep all your passwords in your head, your passwords aren't very secure.
That's a comment that stands true in any thread.
Forget the modern classroom...mano a mano...you and your kid, learning at home. Students are more computer saavy than teachers, but any /. parent has a good chance of staying ahead of their kid at home.
I grew up in public education, in one of the "best" districts in the nation. Now, as a taxpaying parent, I want my money back.
To stay on topic though, no teacher should have to worry about this kind of stuff. If a school provides a computer to a teacher as a tool, they have an obligation to know what the hell they are doing and provide security as well. Let's not make worrying about computer security yet another burden on teachers