Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L): Re: Connecting Nonschool issued laptops to your school's network

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Re: Connecting Nonschool issued laptops to your school's network

We have 25 or so wireless laptops for in-library check-out. Kids cannot get
onto the Internet if they bring in their own laptops for the same reasons
that Shannon mentioned. What sort of housing/furniture/slots do you all use
for your laptops? Do you have carts? Do you have built-in slots behind your
circulation desk? I have slots, but have run out of space and have laptops
plugged in all over the place! I think carts are ugly AND very large...they
are always in the way; at least here. Any creative storage ideas out there?

Linda Mercer
John Burroughs School
St. Louis, MO

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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Acedo, Shannon
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:37 PM
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Subject: Re: Connecting Nonschool issued laptops to your school's network

Hello, all--
Please keep this thread public. It's increasingly interesting. One
additional question-- does your school have laptops for students to
check out? We have 20 laptops in the library (wireless) in addition to 3
separate tech centers with desktops galore on campus, but don't allow
'unofficial' student laptops to access the internet on campus, for
security reasons (makes the server susceptible to viruses, downloads,
general bugs). What do other schools do?

Thanks--

Shannon Acedo
Head Librarian
Harvard-Westlake Upper School
3700 Coldwater Canyon Avenue
North Hollywood, CA 91304-0037
(818)487-6587
sacedo@hw.com

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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Cuevas, Hiram
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:24 PM
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Subject: Connecting Nonschool issued laptops to your school's network

Afternoon,

What is the general opinion of tech director's and network managers
regarding nonschool issued laptops to connect to the school's network?

Does your school also allow internet access with nonschool issued
laptops?

If your school does allow network access, what policies(please share)do
you have in place regarding support for these nonschool issued machines?

What prerequisites does your school have for the guest machine to
attach? Antivirus, patches, spyware protection etc.?

Thanks for your assistance.

Hiram

Hiram E. Cuevas

Information Systems Coordinator

St. Christopher's School

711 St. Christopher's Road

Richmond, VA 23226