Application access is password-protected to ensure secure, authorized usage. With MetaFrame, we can give students access to applications over the Internet any time, from anywhere. Students love the flexibility - our school newspaper editors, for example, can use PageMaker to lay out newspaper pages at home in the evening, without having to buy and install the software privately. Our MetaFrame and Windows Terminal Server solution has enabled us to extend application access to a large student population, regardless of their financial means. Teachers, meanwhile, can log-on from home and correct the work.
Parents can also log-on and observe students' progress.
And Winterms have no moving parts, so we don't have to worry about students loading infected floppy disks or games onto the network. It's given us an added level of security to our network. The Citrix system has proven so popular with Northern Humboldt's high school students that access may be extended to primary school students as well. The school district also plans to add new applications to expand student proficiency in technology. Usage is also growing as more students and teachers discover the benefits of the new solution.