Increasingly in the modern ICT classroom the internet provides a wealth of
complementary resources for curriculum teaching, as well as an effective means of
communication between both teachers and students on a daily basis.

The availability and involvement of the internet within the classroom presents a
number of exciting opportunities for modern teaching. However, it also provides a
number of challenges in controlling the scope of access for students, the introduction
of inappropriate content and the ability for inter-student communication.

A number of solutions are currently available within the ICT classroom. Most of
these deliver a common level of basic functionality focussed around the management
of computers within a LAN environment. Some provide an additional level of
control over student behaviour and this typically will encompass limitations on both
application and internet usage. Few, if any, provide an all-encompassing solution,
allowing both protection and accountability for both the teacher and students.

STUDENT INTERNET ACCESS

In the modern ICT lab it is an accepted norm that within most environments a level of
internet access will be prevalent and more importantly, required in order to effectively
deliver curriculum content and teaching. The fundamental issue faced by schools is
the need to provide access to appropriate online resources, yet retain control over the
sites and content viewed by their students.

Like most classroom management solutions, This product provides the ability
for a teacher to control internet access on 4 specific levels:

1. The product can operate totally transparently, allowing for full and unrestricted
access to the internet.

2. The product will allow full access to the internet, except for sites deemed
inappropriate by the teacher or school. These “blocked” lists are maintained within
the  School teacher console and can be shared across classrooms.
Additionally, lists can be created for specific curriculum lessons as it is recognised
that a web site may only contain appropriate content, but may still be unsuitable
for a specific classroom topic. This point holds additional relevance as some
schools already utilise proxy servers that deliver high-level internet content security
but typically these solutions do not provide for granular distinction based on the
age of students within the classroom or the area of focus for a given lesson.


As explained above, the process for controlling access to specific websites is now
easily achievable. However, to provide a total management and monitoring solution,
we believe it is also important to provide a teacher with an effective means of
monitoring the students’ activity on a given site, especially if the site in question
provides online forms or forum-based content. As you would expect, this feature
can be enabled or disabled as and when appropriate and, when activated, provides
a visual indicator to the students on their classroom toolbar

The power of this feature is its simplicity. A teacher does not have the time to
individually monitor each student PC, open a view window and attempt to read the
content direct from their desktop so This product provides a simple view listing
each active student and their current keyboard input (excluding password fields).


This product not only can be used for institution but also for monitor employees internet access.