When I was going through High School and Junior High we took the If you didn't need to see it or use it you couldn't approach. Internet acess was limited by http://dansguardian.org/ with a proxy at the Junior High lvl that only the teachers had the password for. This education system was parinoid about passwords too. I remeber finding a password only to have it change by the end of the month.
We used limited account acess that only granted acess to the programs that were needed. All labs had similar hardware so we made one static disk image with Norton Ghost for each lab. Should a teacher ever feel a computer was some how comprimised they just inserted the CD and bingo clean working useable system again in about 15mins or so.
The internet filter is going to be the best bet though. Get that clampped down block all ports but http/https for students. When there find out there games and music software don't work they will stop trying for the most part.
Don't be afraid to make examples of students that are trouble makers they know the teachers they can walk over and practice there malicious hacking on. YMMV per district, but last I checked computer time is still a privliged class there is always the typerwriters for typing skills classes.
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When I was going through High School and Junior High we took the If you didn't need to see it or use it you couldn't approach. Internet acess was limited by http://dansguardian.org/ with a proxy at the Junior High lvl that only the teachers had the password for. This education system was parinoid about passwords too. I remeber finding a password only to have it change by the end of the month. We used limited account acess that only granted acess to the programs that were needed. All labs had similar hardware so we made one static disk image with Norton Ghost for each lab. Should a teacher ever feel a computer was some how comprimised they just inserted the CD and bingo clean working useable system again in about 15mins or so. The internet filter is going to be the best bet though. Get that clampped down block all ports but http/https for students. When there find out there games and music software don't work they will stop trying for the most part. Don't be afraid to make examples of students that are trouble makers they know the teachers they can walk over and practice there malicious hacking on. YMMV per district, but last I checked computer time is still a privliged class there is always the typerwriters for typing skills classes.
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