TECH:monitoring Internet activity, Reply

[Keith Johnson <kjohnson@NP.K12.MN.US>]

Subject: SEC: Cold War Project?
>I am having trouble with sneaky students accessing inappropriate Internet
>sites at computers that are a little too far away for me to watch. Is there
>any software product that would let me remotely monitor (either on the
>network server or my own workstation) whcih site students were on?

Here are two ideas to monitor internet activity on remote terminals. Try VNC
(Virtual Network Computer) which is a free downloadable program from the
Internet (try keyword of "VNC" from Yahoo). This has worked on our windows
computers (I'm not sure about Macs). This allows you to do exactly what you
need, view students' computers from a remote screen. You can also take a
quick screen shot for printing. The installation and setup of this was done
by our technician on a Windows NT 4.0 network. The setup required some
networking expertise (getting into the registry settings, etc.). The setup
time for a lab of 30 took a little over an hour. When you are viewing a
student's screen, there is a small icon that appears in their lower right
corner of the screen. If you need more details on how well this works, you
can email me for details. We don't use this a lot, but it is available for
suspicious online activity.
    Alexandria for Windows, a library circulation system, will soon have an
integrated component that allows a central teaching station to view
individual screens throughout a network (as well as many other very nice
features...). It also will allow you to "push" and "pull" a word processing
document (a worksheet, for example) to all computers. It also allows you to
maintain consistent desktop settings on all computers with a click of a
button. Right now that program is available as a separate component (called
Lancaster, I believe).

Keith Johnson, Media Director
New Prague Senior High School
221 12th St. NE
New Prague, MN 56071
Ph. 612-758-1217
kjohnson@np.k12.mn.us

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One of our world history teachers would like to assign a project on the Cold
War.  Any ideas either print or Internet based?  Thank you for any assistance.

Beverly Curtis
Librarian
Hendersonville High School
123 Cherokee Road
Hendersonville, TN 37075
curtisbx@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us

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