CHROME REMOTE DESKTOP INITIAL RELEASE PRO

That’s not a bad problem to deal with but in a classroom where there’s more than Windows computers, like in a Bring Your Own Technology classroom with students bringing in their own laptop or netbooks, it just isn’t feasible. Its limitation is that it will only run under Windows. It’s terrific as a tool for classroom management but it’s real education value comes from remote access to assist a student or to have a student screen shared with the entire class. It has some terrific features like the ability to power on/ power off entire clusters of computers, monitor computer screens, have a student screen displayed by the teacher on a data projector for the class to see, lock down any websites you don’t want students accessing, and so much more. Ontario Educators have the luxury of the Ministry licensed NetSupport School application that can be installed on any school computer network.

CHROME REMOTE DESKTOP INITIAL RELEASE PRO

My Macbook Pro wasn’t part of the serious testing or the blogging because it crashed again on me so was in my computer doghouse. So, the lab was hard at it where from the experimental chair I had my netbook running Ubuntu and my Windows 7 machine ready with Chrome loaded and the extension running. It needs the ability to have a couple of computers up and connected to a network and the ability to see a couple of screens at once. This extension appeared over the weekend and I’ve been chomping at the bit to play around with it. Last night, I messed about with Chrome Remote Desktop Beta.

It means that I can retreat to the Peterson experimental lab for at least an hour of uninterrupted messing about. I love it when “Dancing with the Stars” comes on.

Chrome remote desktop initial release