[Year 12 IPM] Proxy avoiding web sites and individual useraccounts

[Stephen Digby]

$6 per semester.  10c sheet printing and 10c/ Mb download.  Only about 30%
of students pay additional (sure to rise each year until we are chargeing
them ALL ha ha ha

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Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager 
mailto:admin at cheltsec.vic.edu.au  
Cheltenham Secondary College www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au Ph: 613 955 55 955  Fx:
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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
Behalf Of fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au
Sent: 14 December 2006 12:12 PM
To: ipm at edulists.com.au
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Proxy avoiding web sites and individual
useraccounts

Do you give the students a starting balance on each account and, if so, how
much

thanks
Fiona (the other kind of Bain)
Balmoral
"Bane, Janet A" <bane.janet.a at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Thu, 14 Dec 2006
10:32:09 +1100 wrote:
> Hi Kim
> there is a very simple solution to this problem - start charging the kids
for their internet usage!  I think you would find that most schools do.  Our
system is called Gaia Print and Net charger.  Not only do we charge for
internet usage, we also charge 10c per print out.  Its amazing what "needs"
to be accessed and what doesn't when they have to pay for it!
> 
> regards,
> Janet Bane
> Patterson River SC.
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of 
> kgration at myrtlefordsc.vic.edu.au
> Sent: Wed 13-Dec-06 3:31 PM
> To: ipm at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Proxy avoiding web sites and individual user 
> accounts
> 
> 
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> During the last few months our wonderful students have discovered treasure
troves of proxy avoiding web sites (e.g. vtunnel, kproxy, flyproxy etc. etc.
etc.) with multiple variations of each of these and numerous others as the
URL. Most of these sites are secure (i.e. https:// <https:///>  rather than
http:// <http:///> ) so are difficult to block or usually totally
unblockable using the SINA front end. The Year 10-12 students are
particularly notorious for this kind of behaviour. Blocking the source IP
address appears to be the only rather fragmented solution to this problem .
. . but this essentially amounts to a game of catch up . . . and without a
full time tech. usually means a call to Editure . . . who aren't always 100%
successful either.
> 
> Not surprisingly our Internet budget has basically been blown as a result.
I am now considering taking away individual user accounts for student
Internet use and having Learning Area, Year Level or some other account
structure where teachers enter the password for students in their care.
> 
> Does anyone out there have any gems of wisdom (bright ideas) or
perspectivesto share in this area?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kim
> 
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> Kim Gration
> ICT Manager
> Myrtleford Secondary College
> http://www.myrtlefordsc.vic.edu.au 
> <http://www.myrtlefordsc.vic.edu.au/>
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