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As a teacher, I think this is a smart decision. Desktop applications are increasingly difficult to manage on a school computer. Many teachers return each Sept

by px 16y ago

As a teacher, I think this is a smart decision. Desktop applications are increasingly difficult to manage on a school computer. Many teachers return each September to a computer that has been wiped clean. At the same time, the internet is becoming more and more accessible in schools. Teachers will be able to use the web application no matter which room they are in or which computers they have access to. Another challenge for non-tech savvy teachers is syncing work between the school and home. I think focusing on the web app will mitigate some of the anxiety that teachers experience in that area.

maukdaddy 16y ago
As someone who works in information security at a very large district, I will say this is a brilliant decision! =) The last thing I need is school personnel downloading Java apps. Not that yours is malicious - but once someone learns how to install/run something, it becomes exponentially more difficult to teach them to identify what is malicious and what is not. +1 for syncing between work/school. Often the computers at schools are inferior to ones that teachers have a home, or at least a different platform.
patio11 16y ago
Many teachers return each September to a computer that has been wiped clean. I hear that. Frequently, in September, from several dozen teachers asking me "How do I reinstall Bingo Card Creator on my computer which was just wiped clean? Also, do I have to pay?" I think focusing on the web app will mitigate some of the anxiety that teachers experience in that area. It totally solved that problem, where the feature I made in the downloadable version to do the same thing has been a catastrophic flop. (Twenty people have ever used it, and I still get emails asking to explain how to copy files onto a floppy so that they can be read on the machine at school. And then emails the next day saying that the computer doesn't know what a .bcf file is. And then emails the next day saying that they installed Bingo Card Creator and opened the file but it says it is the free trial which is odd because they know they purchased the program and they never had this issue at home [i.e. where they followed directions and put in their Registration Key].)
- ErrantX 16y ago
  Teachers here in the UK have it really bad; a lot of the IT infrastructure is farmed out to BT or other completely useless corporates. Either what happens is they can't cope and so are dropped after a few months or they keep having to replace all the poorly configured laptops. My Mum has been through about 8 new laptops in the last 14 months... (the best one is when the laptop leads all went missing [never found out who did it] and their response was... ...to replace the laptops. rolls eyes) And lets not even start to talk about the restrictions imposed on these laptops.... (I mean; I can understand it for the kids, but the teachers?)

by px 16y ago

maukdaddy 16y ago

As someone who works in information security at a very large district, I will say this is a brilliant decision! =) The last thing I need is school personnel downloading Java apps. Not that yours is malicious - but once someone learns how to install/run something, it becomes exponentially more difficult to teach them to identify what is malicious and what is not. +1 for syncing between work/school. Often the computers at schools are inferior to ones that teachers have a home, or at least a different platform.

patio11 16y ago

Many teachers return each September to a computer that has been wiped clean. I hear that. Frequently, in September, from several dozen teachers asking me "How do I reinstall Bingo Card Creator on my computer which was just wiped clean? Also, do I have to pay?" I think focusing on the web app will mitigate some of the anxiety that teachers experience in that area. It totally solved that problem, where the feature I made in the downloadable version to do the same thing has been a catastrophic flop. (Twenty people have ever used it, and I still get emails asking to explain how to copy files onto a floppy so that they can be read on the machine at school. And then emails the next day saying that the computer doesn't know what a .bcf file is. And then emails the next day saying that they installed Bingo Card Creator and opened the file but it says it is the free trial which is odd because they know they purchased the program and they never had this issue at home [i.e. where they followed directions and put in their Registration Key].)

ErrantX 16y ago
Teachers here in the UK have it really bad; a lot of the IT infrastructure is farmed out to BT or other completely useless corporates. Either what happens is they can't cope and so are dropped after a few months or they keep having to replace all the poorly configured laptops. My Mum has been through about 8 new laptops in the last 14 months... (the best one is when the laptop leads all went missing [never found out who did it] and their response was... ...to replace the laptops. rolls eyes) And lets not even start to talk about the restrictions imposed on these laptops.... (I mean; I can understand it for the kids, but the teachers?)