I agree with your implication that educating users is the best defense, but we put Net Nanny on ours, just to feel safer. It is often a pain in the neck and I don't recommend it. I look forward to other responses. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Steven Webster <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi, All,**** > > ** ** > > South Burlington is leaping into the 1:1 world and issuing Windows laptops > to 8th and 9th graders this year.**** > > ** ** > > One question parents and School Board members have asked: Do we have > software that we would recommend for parents who want to be able to > manage/oversee what their kids do with the laptops at home?**** > > ** ** > > Does anyone have any experience with such software? Any recommendations?* > *** > > ** ** > > Personally, I’d rather not rely on such software, but I think we may need > to provide a list of possibilities.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Steve**** > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________ > This email may contain information protected under the Family Educational > Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or the Health Insurance Portability and > Accountability Act (HIPAA). If this email contains confidential and/or > privileged health or student information and you are not entitled to access > such information under FERPA or HIPAA, federal regulations require that you > destroy this email without reviewing it and you may not forward it to > anyone. > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/> and * > ClamAV* <http://www.clamav.net/>, and is > believed to be clean. > -- Lauren Kelley Parren ANESU Educational Technologist Mt. Abraham Union High School Bristol, Vermont 05443 802-453-2333 x1119