One of the blessings of working at a private school with a
parent community that is very supportive of tech investment is that I am able
to keep our technology pretty up to date. The downside of that is sometimes the
various technologies we use end up having compatibility issues. There are some
programs we can’t use until the software developers bring out an up to date
version – for example the Scholastic Office Keys which we loved for Office 2007
but do not work for Office 2013, or Ice Cream Truck from Sunburst. For other
programs there are workarounds. One of the coding games my students love is
Kodu from the Microsoft Fuse Research Labs. We had all sorts of issues running
it native under Windows 8, but when we ran the compatibility troubleshooter
(right click on the program icon) we were able to run it in Windows 7 mode and
it worked just fine. Phew. Here is a screenshot of the fix.Saturday, August 15, 2015
Problem Solving in the Tech Lab MTI562 Wk.2
One of the blessings of working at a private school with a
parent community that is very supportive of tech investment is that I am able
to keep our technology pretty up to date. The downside of that is sometimes the
various technologies we use end up having compatibility issues. There are some
programs we can’t use until the software developers bring out an up to date
version – for example the Scholastic Office Keys which we loved for Office 2007
but do not work for Office 2013, or Ice Cream Truck from Sunburst. For other
programs there are workarounds. One of the coding games my students love is
Kodu from the Microsoft Fuse Research Labs. We had all sorts of issues running
it native under Windows 8, but when we ran the compatibility troubleshooter
(right click on the program icon) we were able to run it in Windows 7 mode and
it worked just fine. Phew. Here is a screenshot of the fix.
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Isn't it great when it's an easy fix! I used to constantly struggle with compatibility issues when I had a mac at home and a PC at work. The past two years I've just stuck with my school PC and this coming year I will be more reliant on web-based tools, so I'm hopeful that there will be fewer issues.
ReplyDeleteI am curious to learn more about your experience with Kodu. With which grade levels have you used it? I have no experience with coding, so I think gaming with code would be a great start for me.
I was also wondering which paint or drawing program you use with your students? We have Paint, but I have heard great things about KidPix. I know I could look at reviews on line and give it a test drive, but it's always nice to hear about educator's experiences with things first. I look forward to any thoughts!
That's an option I have never used. Thanks for sharing it. I will start looking for that option.
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