As the person with both hats on my head....
We encourage the use of USB flash drives. The virus scan software is
set to check the flash drive when any file is opened. Hence, the
security of the district/school network is preserved as well as
possible. The standard hardware setup is set to force the USB drive to
drive letter B: to avoid conflicts with other network drives in place.
We provide information to all users on how to safely remove the USB
drive. We do not allow the use of U3 software on the USB drives. We
help users remove this software that allows for programs to be run from
the flash drive. This is a security hole we decided not to open.
Hope this technical response helps give some light to the issues
involved. It can be a win/win situation for the students and educators.
--
Joanne Troutner
Director of Media/Technology
Tippecanoe School Corporation
Lafayette, IN
jtroutner@tsc.k12.in.us
"To boldly go where no educator..."
Fourie, Danville wrote:
> Why on earth did the school administration decide that? We are gradually
> moving away from floppies. All the new computers only have the USB
> drives. So, if students work at home they safe their work onto the
> USB's, come to school and finish it here. The students also can not
> download games, music, etc. If they do, their student account is
> blocked, until the administrator opens it again.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications
> [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Christine Strebel
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:16 PM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Target : Does Your School Allow USB Flash Drives to Be Used on
> School Computers
>
> I was amazed when there was a target letter asking if your school sells
> USB Flash Drives in the student store. My school has disabled student
> computers from being able to use USB Flash drives, so it would be
> pointless to sell them. So, my target question is: Does your school
> allow USB flash drives to be used by the students.
> Please let me know.
> I will post a summary of responses if I receive enough.
>
> Christine Strebel
> Media Specialist
> Camden High School
> Camden, NY 13316
> cstrebel@camdencsd.org
>
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