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Thank you for that SYNACK, some specifics would be useful where you think the programming is particularly egregious. Also, there is a specific difficulty with AppInventor. Have you explored that at all? I think the issue maybe the way the application interacts with the google systems but I am fairly confident that it was not written by a retired teacher. A problem that should decrease for you with the new pension rules as most of them will die of a heart attack in the classroom long before retirement. Hey, maybe the RBS systems were written by retired teachers! Here is a cry for help that I have received on the CAS forum, your suggestions would be helpful I am sure.

I would appreciate any feedback ref "App Inventor". Anyone got classes using this?

Thanks for that clarification. On the point of using VMs, there appear to be (at least) two approaches. Where people have used a Virtual Box solution (EvlPhenom), Is this put this on every single machine so that students with the correct permissions can use the system anywhere or have the students got to use a limited set of machines? Can the students take their work in and out of the VM via a link so that their work is available in their home directory? So far as I can tell, a Virtual Solution would also allows a remote connection solution that would allow them to connect from any machine via a web browser. Any drawbacks with this approach?

BTW, thank you everyone for your answers, you are currently scoring an infinite improvement on the other places I asked this question.

Can you tell me what you did to solve the problem?

I do not understand this answer. Is it a joke? If not, perhaps you could clarify.

So does that mean they can run exe's within your VMware solution? From within that solution can they still access their normal home directories? Is their username and password for the VMWare solution, synchronised with their normal login credentials? i.e does the solution offer common authentication? I assume the VMware is something they can run from any of the normal workstations, can they also run it from home? Thanks, Brian

I have posted in a few forums asking for some feedback on this issue. I am on the working members group for CAS and I have been tasked with helping to construct a document that would provide some support in resolving difficulties in implementing CS in schools. There are a many stories around of obstacles to T & L in this area although I have personally had very few. Some of the stories may be apocryphal, for example not being able to use Scratch because it defaulted to the C Drive or not being able to use BlueJ/Greenfoot for the similar reasons. I am not looking for rants here although I do understand the frustrations that some staff have experienced and I know that this is a forum. I am looking for specific problems and/or solutions both for Case Studies and to help us search for solutions with partners. The idea is to solve problems and perhaps lay a few myths. Any responses would be gratefully received either here, via private messages or via the CAS forums. Brian Lockwood