LAN School and Remote Desktop

Just looking for feedback...

Our school currently uses Apple's Remote Desktop to monitor student computer use on Mac Computers and we'll soon be running the LAN School software on a trial basis. Does anyone use either and/or both of these programs? Any comments, concerns and/or suggestions?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts,
Meagan

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Casal on November 2, 2010 at 11:14am

I love Remote Desktop.

I use it in my lab constantly. Not just for monitoring but for sharing and updating. For instance, we were working on document formatting and I wanted to give a quick quiz so I dropped an error filled document on their desktops for them to edit quickly.

I use Google Chrome on my teacher station and when I wanted my students to use it I just added it across the ARD spectrum (in a fraction of the time of going machine to machine).

The Science teacher below me was having problems printing so I jumped on ARD, found her system and was able to fix her printing problem without leaving my desk.

It is a great tool for updating and maintaining systems and troubleshooting in addition to student monitoring. It's very close to being my favorite, must have, piece of software in school.