PaulCoram86 Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 Hey Guys We currently use italc and are thinking of changing too LanSchool we so far a very impressed by the demo version compared to others which we have tried. Does anyone here use LanSchool? Have you had good experiences with it or is it a bit of a nightmare. Thanks
sippo Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 We use it in 5 different classrooms/suites. Absolutely superb, and its that easy to use I haven't had to train any staff on it! If they get stuck I always point them to the training video's anyhow. 1
adampat84 Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 I'd also check abtutor. We have also used lanschool previously but prefer abtutor.. 1
FN-GM Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 We use lanschool on 400 computers. Works a treat. Its dead easy to push out by group policy. I would say go for it. The support guys are good as well. I sent an e-mail asking a quick question 5 mins later why phone was ringing. Another time i e-mailed a suggestion to them. They phoned me about it within an hour. 1
PaulCoram86 Posted February 8, 2010 Author Posted February 8, 2010 Thanks for the replys, Im pretty much all for it, its good to know the teaching staff find it easy as we all know what their like
FN-GM Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 Thanks for the replys, Im pretty much all for it, its good to know the teaching staff find it easy as we all know what their like Paul, PM me your e-mail and i will send a guide for staff we made up. Z
Kitkatninja Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 Hi Mate, Can we grab a copy of the guide also please? -ken
Scottyboy99 Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 We use it on all of our curriculum machines and give teachers in deparments with computers the relevant channels. I have access to all the channels and therefore I can see all the computers and I've caught quite a few things going on! Very good bit of software, highly recommended. Support for Windows 7 is good, too.
maniac Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 Also use LanSchool here, currently 7.3 but will update it soon I think. Works well on almost 500 machines that we have and slowly training teachers on a 1 to 1 basis on using it. The best bit is for roaming laptops you can build student lists so it doesn't matter what machine the student logs into they will still appear in your console - that works well in our flexible learning spaces. Mike.
BrianG Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 Hey Guys We currently use italc and are thinking of changing too LanSchool we so far a very impressed by the demo version compared to others which we have tried. Does anyone here use LanSchool? Have you had good experiences with it or is it a bit of a nightmare. Thanks Just curious. What are your reasons for stopping iTalc. I'm thinking of using it at one of my schools and I'd be interested to know why you're moving away from it Cheers
tmcd35 Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 Just curious. What are your reasons for stopping iTalc. I'm thinking of using it at one of my schools and I'd be interested to know why you're moving away from it Cheers I played with iTalc a year or so ago. If I remember rightly it wasn't being actively updated (or I couldn't find signs of life) and it barely supported Vista let alon Win7. I think that was the reason I skipped it and moved to one of the paid for options. I don't suppose the situation as changed any with iTalc updates? 1
PaulCoram86 Posted February 10, 2010 Author Posted February 10, 2010 I played with iTalc a year or so ago. If I remember rightly it wasn't being actively updated (or I couldn't find signs of life) and it barely supported Vista let alon Win7. I think that was the reason I skipped it and moved to one of the paid for options. I don't suppose the situation as changed any with iTalc updates? From what I've read about iTalc the guy who did it lost interested and there hasn't been any updates for nearly 2 years! We found it good to use to a certain point but its very buggy. We've gone ahead and ordered LanSchool and really looking forward to getting it and running! 1
BrianG Posted February 10, 2010 Posted February 10, 2010 I'm wanting to use it at a pupil referal centre. They have about 40 machines spread out over a couple of rooms so a paid for option is abit of an overkill for this scenario. I'm hoping iTalc will do the job and if it's buggy they may have to put up with it. I'm wanting to roll out a similar things in my other schools ( primary ) not so much for the monitoring part but for the ability to share the teacher desktop with the students and things like that. I think we may go down a paid for option then though as it will be used on a much larger scale.
mattmoo Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Any issues with Vlans or does nobody here use them?
FN-GM Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Any issues with Vlans or does nobody here use them? FYI:: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/network-classroom-management/50477-lanschool-anyone-uses-please-help.html#post463210
mattmoo Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 yeah just tried to get those subscribed to this thread involved
Simcfc73 Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 I had iTalc but stopped using it for the same reason as others... just noticed there is a lanschool lite... interesting.
mattmoo Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 its just a viewer so i was told, might be useful to some though. Matt
EN4 Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 I have found this post very informative. Many thanks for that.
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