I do that too. I have a local admin account that I call sadmin, short for
Student Administrator, that I give to a few kids. I change the password each
year in case it gets out. Sure they can get on a machine and wreck it but at
least it is not the whole domain. Only the very best and most trustworthy
kids get this. Second year kids I try to find a work place that they can
spent two days a week (about 3 hours) at for some additional real
experience. This helps them from getting to bored at WACC.
Something else that, sometimes puts me in a tough spot, is that the kids
will tell me, at their home districts, how they are able to get into admin
accounts etc... and see stuff that they should not see. I tell them that if
they share this type of information with me that I would have to report it.
I had one kid, after he graduated, who hacked the principles email, a few
years ago, and sent a email to another kids parents telling them that their
son has been caught in the shower masturbating numerous times. How to you
respond to something like this?
Dana Fellows
Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator
Whiteside Area Career Center
1608 Fifth Avenue
Sterling, IL 61081
Email, dfell...@wacc.cc
Website, www.wacc.cc
Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206
Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time
MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW
AAS - Network Administration
BA - Information Systems
MS - Instructional Technology
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Richard Kasson
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:58 AM
To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Geeky Students
I put mine to work during their study hall. They get a machine level
administrator password but no network administrator privileges. Helps a lot
to have a kid that can run around and trouble shoot, kill bugs, and do
installs. Requirement is that they have to keep at least a "C" in courses.
That has been my bugaboo for the past two years. None of the three I had
working can keep their English grade above a "D".
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of JimHays
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 11:14 AM
To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List
Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Geeky Students
I had one of those "geeky students" who worked here in the summers from the
time he was in 7th grade until he graduated. He is now at the U of I and
just completed an internship with Microsoft in Redmond. He works at the Best
Buy Geek Squad and can be seen on Channel 3 News' Gadget Guy segment. Smart
kid.
Dana Fellows wrote:
>
> Each year I get a new batch of students (15-17 year olds) here at
> WACC. Though most are very beginners and don't even know what a IP
> address is, I do get many who already know more than what I would
> expect if they completed two years in my program. Some downright make
> me nervous at times. This job can be a real pain at times but working
> with these kids (most of them) is really lots of fun.
>
> Dana Fellows
>
> Computer Technology Instructor / Network Administrator Whiteside Area
> Career Center
>
> 1608 Fifth Avenue
>
> Sterling, IL 61081
>
> Email, dfell...@wacc.cc <mailto:dfell...@wacc.cc>
>
> Website, www.wacc.cc <http://www.wacc.cc>
>
> Phone: 815-626-5810 ext. 206
>
> Available via phone between 2:30 and 3:30 PM Central Time
>
> MCP, MCSA, MCSE, A+, Network+, CIW
>
> AAS - Network Administration
> BA - Information Systems
> MS - Instructional Technology
>
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