Watch out, could be illegal. I'll leave it to a lawyer to explain but we looked at this a decade ago. Check out the policy about the use of recording equipment such as security cameras as I think the scope covers what you are describing, keyboard loggers and more. Different to the helpdesk stuff such as Apple Remote Desktop that could be used to offer remote assistance. <div>
<br></div><div>It is potentially a minefield if you are covertly or routinely looking at any teachers screen (email, home drive etc.) without their explicit knowledge, good reason and due process. Can be easily done but basically the final answer was by all means analyse activity that has been logged and draft behaviour guidelines, but don't let let technical sweeps and unauthorised probes replace supervision, senior departmental and union advice. </div>
<div><div><br></div><div>I also think it gets increasingly pointless unless you have a full time agent phone tapping all the conversations in a school, peeking on the screens of thousands of netbooks and devices and snooping at the contents of school lockers. Tackle the bad behaviour, not the technology.</div>
<div><div><br><div>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 March 2012 12:01, Simone Tynan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Simone.Tynan@shcy.vic.edu.au">Simone.Tynan@shcy.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>We have remote desktop program that allows us to look at any computer in the school (yes, including staff computers). I am in the process of drafting a policy to go to leadership on the use of Remote desktop.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would be interested if other schools have policies directly relating to teacher use of the RD. Especially looking at the computers of students <u>not directly under your supervision.</u></div><div><u><br>
</u></div><div>Would appreciate any comments on the long these lines.</div><div><div>
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<div style><div style>Thanks,</div><div style>Simone</div><div style><br></div><div><font color="#1228b3">************************************</font></div><div><font color="#1228b3">Simone Tynan</font></div><div><font color="#1228b3">eLearning Leader</font></div>
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