[offtopic] Using School Supplied laptops at home

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Hi Jim,

Perhaps you need a contract for the kids notebooks where their parents
sign that anything done on the laptop outside the school is not the
schools responsibility (or something like that) 
Then perhaps some education for students too about net nasties and what
to do to avoid them. You could have some sessions at night and invite
the parents also!!

Cheers
Ros

Roslyn Meadows
Head of ICT Implementation
Head of Assessment and Reporting
Bentleigh Secondary College 
| 9579 1044 | 0412 614 062 |

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[mailto:offtopic-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jim Maunder
Sent: Wednesday, 28 May 2008 8:49 AM
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Subject: RE: [offtopic] Using School Supplied laptops at home

Hi Roslyn -

(see, top posting!)
And how can I attack you when I agree? I was only one of the 
victims\\\\\\\ end users.

Occasionally we (the IT facilitators) get asked what control (or duty 
of care) does the school have over what our kiddies do with their 
lappies outside school, and how do we insulate them from the real 
world\\\\\\\\\\\\ net nasties - and this was just a trial to see how 
it worked. We have stopped using it - test is over. It tied things 
down pretty tight.

rgds
Jim

At 04:44 PM 27/05/2008, you wrote:
>Hi Jim, this software from http://www.lightspeedsystems.com/ ("Total
>Traffic Control 7") should really be called "Total People Control 7"
>because in reality that is what it is.
>
>Now you can attack me!!!! I don't mind at all!!
>
>Cheers
>Ros
>
>
>Roslyn Meadows
>Head of ICT Implementation
>Head of Assessment and Reporting
>Bentleigh Secondary College
>| 9579 1044 | 0412 614 062 |





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Ruyton Girls School
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