Comments on: Portability http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/09/portability/ Technology is neither the problem nor the solution. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:18:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ‘Gator’ Story « EDUC blog http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/09/portability/comment-page-1/#comment-25 ‘Gator’ Story « EDUC blog Sat, 23 Sep 2006 18:29:14 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=31#comment-25 [...] I chose to write about Dr. Lowell’s post on my ‘gator’ about “Portability” which you can find at http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=31#more-31, about Jump Drives. I hadn’t had much experience with them until last Christmas when my brother gave me one. It was one of the best gifts ever! Instead of lugging disks or even my laptop around to send my info to other comps I just stick it in the side in the USB port and there all my info is right in front of me. I wasn’t even sure if I was going to use it right away and it sat in the box for months until one day I needed to save something and go out of town. My disks of course were more than likely going to get smashed in everything so I used the jump drive and was surprised that I was ready to go! How might jump drives be used online? Well that’s a tricky question since you have to have them with you but if you had the information right in your fingers you could quickly send it through email anywhere in the world and not even have your actual computer before you. Would it be good to use in a classroom? I think so…so many of our students are required to do portfolios and many often lose their disks many times. If a jump drive was available to say 3-4 students each and was kept by the teacher it would be a great way to access additional copies of their work and allow them to edit as well. If they wanted to keep their own as well they can easily be purchased for around 40-50 dollars. [...] [...] I chose to write about Dr. Lowell’s post on my ‘gator’ about “Portability” which you can find at http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=31#more-31, about Jump Drives. I hadn’t had much experience with them until last Christmas when my brother gave me one. It was one of the best gifts ever! Instead of lugging disks or even my laptop around to send my info to other comps I just stick it in the side in the USB port and there all my info is right in front of me. I wasn’t even sure if I was going to use it right away and it sat in the box for months until one day I needed to save something and go out of town. My disks of course were more than likely going to get smashed in everything so I used the jump drive and was surprised that I was ready to go! How might jump drives be used online? Well that’s a tricky question since you have to have them with you but if you had the information right in your fingers you could quickly send it through email anywhere in the world and not even have your actual computer before you. Would it be good to use in a classroom? I think so…so many of our students are required to do portfolios and many often lose their disks many times. If a jump drive was available to say 3-4 students each and was kept by the teacher it would be a great way to access additional copies of their work and allow them to edit as well. If they wanted to keep their own as well they can easily be purchased for around 40-50 dollars. [...]

]]> By: TiggyAnne http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/09/portability/comment-page-1/#comment-23 TiggyAnne Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:04:58 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=31#comment-23 This site has a wonderful set of portable apps. I've been using them for several months on my MuVo TX FM and am very happy with what I can do straight from the portable drive. http://portableapps.com/suite This site has a wonderful set of portable apps. I’ve been using them for several months on my MuVo TX FM and am very happy with what I can do straight from the portable drive.

http://portableapps.com/suite

]]> By: Adam Thornsburg http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/09/portability/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Adam Thornsburg Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:01:31 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=31#comment-22 The system of a stick method has always worked for me. In some school environments the administration will not allow you to connect a laptop onto their system. Rather than lug my laptop to school, it was easier for me take a jump drive. You also want to keep a copy of the jump drive contents on a PC somewhere. I've accidentally laundered my jump drives before and if they had been destroyed then I would have been SOL. The system of a stick method has always worked for me. In some school environments the administration will not allow you to connect a laptop onto their system. Rather than lug my laptop to school, it was easier for me take a jump drive.

You also want to keep a copy of the jump drive contents on a PC somewhere. I’ve accidentally laundered my jump drives before and if they had been destroyed then I would have been SOL.

]]> By: lowell http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/09/portability/comment-page-1/#comment-21 lowell Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:32:39 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=31#comment-21 Yup. See the material that I've linked in to find software that you might be able to use. Yup. See the material that I’ve linked in to find software that you might be able to use.

]]> By: Rachel http://durandus.com/phaedrus/2006/09/portability/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Rachel Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:02:58 +0000 http://durandus.com/phaedrus/?p=31#comment-20 I have a question about what you said. I have a USB drive. Are you saying that you can put the actual program on it and run the program on any compuer? I have never tried to do this but it would be a life saver. I have a question about what you said. I have a USB drive. Are you saying that you can put the actual program on it and run the program on any compuer? I have never tried to do this but it would be a life saver.

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