[Year 12 IPM] usb memory sticks

[McDonald, Debra A1]

we have HD Guard at our school and due to it we have no problem what are kid=
s bring in as when you restart the computer it goes back to how we want it.=
  no extra programs loaded, no files missing, nothing. that program has been=
 a god send.  saved us so much time re imaging our computers etc.  so now we=
 have no problem with students using USB drives but every now and then we ch=
eck what they are downloading on them and take over the machines to let them=
 know that we are always watching. This has given the students a sort of 'Bi=
g Brother is watching' complex which means that the kids don't usually do an=
ything and we generally have a you tell us before we come and get you we wil=
l go more leanent sort of feel going on so (because you get in trouble if yo=
u are beside a person who is doing illegal things and you don't report it) w=
e usually get the kid or the one next to them telling us what is going on so=
 we don't have to snoop to much. we have had only 2 problems this year with=
 illegal goings on happening that were not reported as they were happening a=
nd they were the day after.
 
So as a recap with HD Guard we have no issues that mean we need to cancel st=
udents rights to use USB or MP3 players we have actually put one on the book=
list for next year as we have eliminated floppy and CD ROMs in all of our no=
rmal student computers in the school.  (graphics Pod  and Music Pods still n=
eed them for certain programs).
 
Hope this is a little insight.
 
Cheers
Debra McDonald
Network Manager
Lyndhurst Secondary College
Cranbourne
(03) 5996 0144
 

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen
Sent: Mon 04/12/06 6:34 PM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailin=
g List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] usb memory sticks


hehehe Thanks Margaret .. 

Our tech took a different tactic. He did some detective work to identify the=
 culprits, quietly talked to some students to figure out their motivation, a=
dded some new software items into the base computer image, gave me a list of=
 classes that could better supervise their students, stuck up some notes to=
 promote the Friday 'computer games' club and organised some new funny ones=
 by students to minimise vandalism. Any 'soft-damage' to an operating system=
 with unauthorised 'enhancements' is quickly removed when we reimage any com=
puter room. As he explained .. it takes him longer to eat his lunch.

I was impressed how he understood the importance for students to have a sens=
e of ownership of the college network ... that we are all working together t=
o serve their needs instead of continually struggling with new rules and sec=
urity hacks so that we can better shackle them to a crippled desktop. 

Regards Roland


On 04/12/06, margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net < margaret.lawson at konstantkaos=
.net <mailto:margaret.lawson at konstantkaos.net> > wrote: 


	USB is the new floppy .... I think that we should just ban students, 
	afterall we continually have problems with them.
	
	Just like any *new* technology, develop a policy, educate and contain the
	risk rather than ban it completely.
	
	2cents
	
	Margaret
	
	> Hello all, 
	>
	> Our network manager has encountered a number of problems with student
	> memory sticks ruining computers. He wants to ban memory sticks. I was
	> wondering if any list members had any policy relevant to this issue. 
	>
	> Thanks
	> Kerrie Hammond
	> Trinity College Colac
	>
	
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Debra McDonald
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Lyndhurst Secondary College
Cranbourne
(03) 5996 0144

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