USB Sticks in school

[chazzy2501]

I was wondering if I could query edugeek on what schools allow pupils to use their own usb sticks?

 

Could someone make a poll?

 

I was discussing it here and I don't want (or see the need for USB access) ((VLE FROG and O365 access provided))

[unixman_again]

We're a college and we do. My last school was a school and we did. We mostly had thin clients so there wasn't any real issue.

 

In both cases, if students can't read their stick, that is their problem not ours, but we will try to help them.

[CamelMan]

We allow them - however I am considering the possibility of blocking them when we go to our new domain next year - for the same reasons as you (O365, access from home etc)

[adhutton]

We now block all student USB sticks and staff need to use only encrypted USB sticks or encrypted portable HDDs.

 

Students have remote access/Office 365 etc.

 

Andrew

[SovietRussia]

I think if we banned them, there may be a riot...

[Sagima]

We allow them

[synaesthesia]

We allow them but every so often visit the idea of blocking. Would have to sort something for visitors such as nurses that come in with sticks, but we tend to use a separate login for those.

[jamesfed]

Allowed for now but big drive going on to get students to use either our WebDAV service or Remote Desktop.

[6Foot2]

Poll created.

 

Link: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/148908-poll-memory-sticks-do-you-allow-them.html

 

I have responded in the poll 'yes'

 

HTH.

[Carpdude]

I am at a small K-12 Academy in the US and we do allow USB sticks for the kids to save their work. Our kid's laptops are frozen with Faronics Deep Freeze so they just know to save their work on their personal sticks.

[rob_coles]

We allow students but discourage the use. Staff have been disabled.

[unixman_again]

Staff have been disabled.

There are certain members of our staff I would like to "disable".

[Earthling]

We allow them for staff and for 6th Form only.

[ConnorByrne]

The pupils can buy there own if they need it, but staff have to use encrypted usb's as it has the child's data on them.