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Tuesday 9 December 2008

VNC as media projector

Sometimes it is hard to get an available media projector. I've find a solution to overcome the lack of media projectors.
I've installed a VNC server on my laptop, only with view permission for remote users. In the computers of the room I've installed a simple vnc viewer.
The students just have to run the client to connect to my laptop. Then I just teach was usual, without pointing to the board ...
Students said that this method is better, since they view better on their screen, than on the projection board.

Saturday 6 December 2008

Using Google Docs in teaching activities

I'm teaching a course in System and Services Administration.
The students should document all the installation, configuration and maintenance procedures. Therefor, a solution for easy creation of documents with sharing features was needed.
Google docs appear as The Solution, where they create the documents and share them with me. So I'm able to give feed back to the students in a easily way, writing and correcting in the same document. Without the need of any extra application or a solution for syncing the changes.
Work with me and my students, maybe it could work for you.