ubuntu-education Digest, Vol 64, Issue 4

[Chris Howey]

Charles -

Sorry to be pokey getting back to you about the very helpful suggestions.

Being the only other administrator at a very small school has pluses and
minuses. Mostly pluses - but it seems sometimes there are way too many
things to do and they all need attention at the same time.

I am in the process of installing dansguardian. I'll then be better able to
determine if it meets CIPA requirements.

I'm also working on the alternative user login.

I tried setting the system up as a Chrome Kiosk - but that went too far in
restricting access.

Thanks so much for your help and good to be connected on LinkedIn.

Chris

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> On Sun, 2014-09-14 at 17:24 -0400, Chris Howey wrote:
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> > Our SchoolTool installation is located on a web server that we have in
> > the School Leader's (Principal) office. It is accessible to all staff
> > in their classrooms but is password protected to prevent student use.
> >
> If possible I would use a different 'vlan' and SSID to section off your
> non-student resources from your student computers.
> >
> > What we especially need right now are ways to remove distractions from
> > the students on their laptops, such as preventing the changing of
> > wallpaper, disabling DVD drives, preventing changing any system
> > setting, etc.
> >
> Make them non-administrator accounts and disable what you can in the
> settings.
>
> > I would be very interested in any suggestions you might have about
> > those types of issues - but I would also be interested in thoughts you
> > may have on better ways to make use of a network within our
> > environment.
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> >
> > I am also interested in how we might deploy a web screening system to
> > reduce inappropriate web browsing. I used such a system at my previous
> > job - but all access to the Internet was controlled by our central
> > server - not at all the way we are doing things at this school.
> >
> I would setup something like Dan's Guardian as a web filter. You would
> set that up between the cable modem and the rest of your network.
>
> http://dansguardian.org/
>
> > The experience that both of you bring to school installations is so
> > beyond anything I have ever done. I am very grateful for any
> > assistance you can provide.
> >
> I am happy to give advice when I can. If I was close enough I would
> offer to come and assist. You may also want to find out if there is a
> local Linux user group in the area. They may be able to offer some
> hands-on assistance as well.
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> Charles
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Christopher Howey, Ph.D.
Technology Coordinator
Project Libertas
(317)650-4047
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