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Today I changed the computers in the lab so that only I and the system have access to the Applications folder. I did this so that I would be better able to manage what applications the students were using. With the Workgroup Manager application, I can alter the applications that appear in the dock. The students can still use the applications in the dock. They cannot, however, open the applications folder and launch them from there. I did this mostly out of an effort to get the Gimp to be launched from a student account. I do not know why, but for some reason the Workgroup manager was unable to recognize the Gimp in the allowed applications section. So I have allowed the students to launch any application from the local drive. Currently, however, the only way they will be able to access these applications is though the dock.

I altered the permissions to the Application folders in the lab using a combination of the Terminal application and the Script Editor. These two in conjunction can streamline many lab management tasks. I have not successfully implemented the distribution of applications though this process. I have, however, successfully transfered other files such as .dmg and .txt files. Mostly I use it to perform command line tasks on the computers at one time. It is not fully automated, but it takes away much of the grunt work.

Mrs. Montono's Fifth graders were introduced to the Gimp today. I would like to keep their instruction similar to the instruction I will be providing for Mr. Hodge's class. She mentioned a website that she would like to direct the students towards, but we could not locate it. While we talked, her student teacher helped take the reigns for a bit. She has some experience with Sisco training. She talked to the students about the USB, Firewire cable, and the OS. To enhance that discussion, I showed the students the inside of the G3 tower I have on my desk. It is possible to quickly open the Mac towers. I have used this technique before to illustrate various pieces of the computer hardware. In discussing the parts of the computer, I tried to illustrate how they were similar to parts of our body; brain = cpu, RAM = short term memory, USB = sense of touch, etc.

Mrs. Montoono's class was given the same brief introduction to the Gimp that Mr. Hodge's class was given. I then allowed them to explore the program. My discussion with Mrs. Montono about the website took a lot of time away from their hands on experience, but I feel that a discussion of the parts of a computer was a useful discussion.

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