Institutional Issues
Educational institutions face a number of challenges regarding the control and maintenance of technology in the school.

Teacher Related Issues
Student Related Issues
Legal vs. Illegal Use

Legal vs. Illegal Use: continued

Bulletin Boards
School computers have become the local bulletin boards of old. These communications vehicles have migrated into very sophisticated tools. Though it is fundamentally a good thing, the e-mail, chat and public file folders can be used for other purposes. E-mail and chat rooms can start and pass rumors. These could be about staff, faculty or students. The problem is that there is a text file with each instance. Unlike gossip, which stops when the mouth closes, these files do not stop, unless InaQuick Rescue is used to stop it. The school administrator can use this information as physical evidence that an event did in fact occur. Law suits are common in these instances.

Encrypted/Anonymous Messaging
School computers have become a means to circumnavigate the rules regarding cell pagers and cell phones, particularly when dealing drugs on campus or just abusing rules. Using encryption processes like PGP or Stego files, drug dealers and their clients use the local school computer to encrypt and save drug dealing information on the machine. The dealer will save a message in a common folder and the client (drug buyer), who has the key, will open the file to get the message. They outlawed pagers and phones, but they cannot stop the illegal use of common folders unless they halt access to all kids.

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