We also make exceptions for the elementary students that the teachers have learning games on their computers. But as for our high school students they do not have any privileges at all and at the middle school there are a few that get them. We do allow the thumb drives but we do not offer the student email through the school.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 12:03 PM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] We make exceptions for games when a teacher requests it for educational purposes and the policy states as much. For instance the SCI rooms have access to some online 'learning' games. All other games sites are a violation. Our filter blocks on the Games category. We also disable thumb drives on student machines because of issues we had with games, illegal software, etc. coming in on them. We offer student email for school use only as an alternative. We do not allow access to web based email outside of our own. Chad Frerichs Director Of Technology Okoboji Community Schools Milford, IA 51351 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Walz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 21, 2008 11:23 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] So are all internet games an offense on your policies? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mueller, Mitch Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:10 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] You're saying you don't have all that many offenses huh? We used to until the kids were told that we are able to watch every move they make. Which we can't really but with LightSpeed we can do a pretty good job at it. Our policy is 5 weeks 1st offense, 9 weeks 2nd offense and the 3rd means you lose it for a full year. So even if they lose it at with only 15 days left of school then they have to go a full year before they get it back. That mean not only just to use in the library but even if they take a computer class they do not have computer privileges for that class. They would have to do their work at home. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:04 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] Our policy states that any attempt to bypass school proxies and/or filters is a violation of the AUP and the offender is subject to suspension of privileges. We usually take away all computer access during the regular school day for 2 weeks for 1st offense. Meaning, those without privileges have to come in before or after school to do any computer work at school. With as much work as we do on computers here we rarely have 2nd offenses, but the time goes up from there. Last year one student lost privileges for a whole quarter. Just this morning I re-instated 3 students that were found to be playing games. Chad Frerichs Director Of Technology Okoboji Community Schools Milford, IA 51351 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Walz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 21, 2008 10:50 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] What is your policy? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:52 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] I was curious, because we do and I was wondering what other policies are out there. Chad Frerichs Director Of Technology Okoboji Community Schools Milford, IA 51351 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Walz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 21, 2008 10:43 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] Right now, no. We'd prob have 90% of the kids on it for using https://www.facebook.com before we put opendns in. But I would like to put in a policy for trying to beat the system in the future. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frerichs, Chad Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:41 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] When you see them trying are there repercussions for attempting to bypass school filters? Chad Frerichs Director Of Technology Okoboji Community Schools Milford, IA 51351 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Walz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: October 21, 2008 10:35 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: RE: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] I use a Freeguard 100 filtering device at the gateway at the school, but it cannot filter https traffic, because it is secure traffic. So I also use www.opendns.com<http://www.opendns.com> to block the dns names, which also stops https sites. OpenDNS has category blocking and proxies is one of it's categories. So far, I'm pretty impressed by how many it gets. I've been watching some of the students try now, and it does a really good job. Plus it's free. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richardson,Tony Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:58 AM To: info-tech@aea8.k12.ia.us Subject: [info-tech] Proxies [Spam score:8%] Has anyone out there had success clamping down on https proxy usage by students? If so what appliance actually does this? Thanks, Tony Richardson Technology Coordinator Humboldt Community School District [cid:image001.jpg@01C93375.BA88AF80] [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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