happening - and you don't know) that your students AND staff are bypassing your school
infastructure altogether by using edge/3G networks for access - to do IM'ing, Facebook, external
email, photo/video sending etc.
There isn't a technology solution out there that will stop people from colloborating and
communicating on bathroom stalls....to using their iPods. You have to have a culture where users
will choose to use their device and or marker in appropriate spaces and places (and times).
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A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>We also deployed a wireless controller. We created a wireless environment
>integrated with our AD domain that will only authenticate school-owned
>machines/devices.
>However, we also have a vlan for guest access that is protected by a
>password. We discourage staff and faculty from sharing this password with
>students. In fact, we only provide the password to staff and faculty with
>smartphones.
>
>A. Popoola
>Sacred Heart Schools
>
>On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Manns, Brian <mannsb@culver.org> wrote:
>
>> Yeah but they are teenagers. We tell our students not to connect them
>> and they connect them quite a bit...Currently we are implementing a
>> Wireless controller but have to have a public vlan. We are looking at
>> ways of dropping connections on it...Good luck..
>>
>> Brian Manns
>> Culver Academies
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A forum for independent school educators
>> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Fred Austin
>> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:06 PM
>> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: Re: Ipods
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> We don't block IM'ing. Our policy explicitly puts the responsibility
>> on the student to conduct oneself properly. Attention in the classroom
>> during lectures is expected. Inappropriate activity is not condoned
>> using any medium and is strictly enforced through our discipline
>> process.
>>
>> We are a laptop school, but the students use a combination of laptop/
>> iPhone/iPod/cell phones for both school work and personal
>> communications. We do have a content filter, but rely on it to assist
>> filtering inappropriate content rather than dictate policy.
>>
>> You might be able to block the iPods by their MAC address. They should
>> be within a certain range of addresses. That of course depends on your
>> network hardware/software being able to selectively block MAC's. There
>> is also the possibility of blocking certain TCP/UDP ports that support
>> the activities you are trying to stop.
>>
>> You may spend a lot of time using technology to inhibit unapproved
>> activities, but the students can find a way around. We are finding it
>> much easier to enforce proper conduct than a battle of wit.
>>
>> Fred Austin
>> Technology Director
>> The Oakwood School
>> Greenville, NC
>>
>>
>> On Jan 21, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Tim Smith wrote:
>>
>> > Hello All-
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > We've had a lot of students using their ipods to join our wireless
>> > network and use apps to chat. We have a web filter that blocks the
>> > things we want blocked (chat sites), but they use their apps to get
>> > around it. I was just wondering if: 1. Anyone has had success
>> > blocking
>> > ipods from joining their wireless network. 2. What are your rules and
>> > policies regarding inappropriate use of ipods during school?
>> > Unfortunately, teachers want their kids to still be able to listen to
>> > music because it helps them concentrate during work time. So, of
>> > course, it falls on the IT guys to fix the problem... Any thoughts?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -Tim
>> >
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