[Year 12 IPM] Proxy avoiding web sites and individual useraccounts

[David Eddie]

We have a similar system. Our students receive credit every Monday
morning (up to about 80c for VCE students) which is automatically
credited. We use Papercut. 
We used to give them a set amount at the beginning of each term but many
students (especially the heavy users) had used their allocation in a
week or two (which sometimes meant during class that they struggled to
do some tasks as "I have no credit"). 
This way at least ensures that they have some credit for the majority of
the week.
If they don't use it all in one week, it carries over to the next week
and gradually builds up. Next year we will have the facility for
students to buy credit at the canteen and top up their own accounts if
they wish to. At the moment any extra credit they buy is done through
the front office.

David Eddie
St. Joseph's College Mildura

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of fiona at balmoralhs.vic.edu.au
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 12:12 PM
To: ipm at edulists.com.au
Subject: RE: [Year 12 IPM] Proxy avoiding web sites and individual
useraccounts

Do you give the students a starting balance on each account and, if so,
how much

thanks 
Fiona (the other kind of Bain)
Balmoral
"Bane, Janet A" <bane.janet.a at edumail.vic.gov.au> on Thu, 14 Dec 2006
10:32:09 +1100 wrote:
> Hi Kim
> there is a very simple solution to this problem - start charging the
kids for their internet usage!  I think you would find that most schools
do.  Our system is called Gaia Print and Net charger.  Not only do we
charge for internet usage, we also charge 10c per print out.  Its
amazing what "needs" to be accessed and what doesn't when they have to
pay for it!
> 
> regards,
> Janet Bane
> Patterson River SC.
> 
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> From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of
kgration at myrtlefordsc.vic.edu.au
> Sent: Wed 13-Dec-06 3:31 PM
> To: ipm at edulists.com.au
> Subject: [Year 12 IPM] Proxy avoiding web sites and individual user
accounts
> 
> 
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> During the last few months our wonderful students have discovered
treasure troves of proxy avoiding web sites (e.g. vtunnel, kproxy,
flyproxy etc. etc. etc.) with multiple variations of each of these and
numerous others as the URL. Most of these sites are secure (i.e.
https:// <https:///>  rather than http:// <http:///> ) so are difficult
to block or usually totally unblockable using the SINA front end. The
Year 10-12 students are particularly notorious for this kind of
behaviour. Blocking the source IP address appears to be the only rather
fragmented solution to this problem . . . but this essentially amounts
to a game of catch up . . . and without a full time tech. usually means
a call to Editure . . . who aren't always 100% successful either.
> 
> Not surprisingly our Internet budget has basically been blown as a
result. I am now considering taking away individual user accounts for
student Internet use and having Learning Area, Year Level or some other
account structure where teachers enter the password for students in
their care.
> 
> Does anyone out there have any gems of wisdom (bright ideas) or
perspectivesto share in this area?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Kim
> 
> ---
> Kim Gration
> ICT Manager
> Myrtleford Secondary College
> http://www.myrtlefordsc.vic.edu.au
<http://www.myrtlefordsc.vic.edu.au/>
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