<p>Do school block websites?like
Facebook
twitter
Can the school view what you are viewing on your personal computer?
Does internet shut off at a certain time?</p>
<p>on second thought…edit :D</p>
<p>Hmm. That’s a good question. I realllly hope not, because I have a blog that I don’t really want anyone in my real life reading.</p>
<p>I highly doubt that the school would put tracking software on your personal computer… If you had a laptop or something, I don’t think they’re going to check your computer history…!</p>
<p>I know that A, E, SPS and Choate don’t block facebook. I think that typical schools wouldn’t block sites like facebook or youtube.
Internet does shut off at a certain time.</p>
<p>Policies vary wildly from school-to-school, so I’d just check with the school in question. : )</p>
<p>But do remember that while hooked into the school’s internet, if there is a suspected problem, the school probably has the right to track or investigate your online activities.</p>
<p>At Andover, the internet is never turned off, nor are ANY sites blocked. However, the sites you visit are monitorable (as in the URLs of the sites you visit are recorded) but nobody looks at them unless you reach top three in your cluster in terms of bandwidth usage. In short, it’s very unlikely anyone but you will know what you use the internet for here.</p>
<p>Some schools shut it off after 11pm.</p>
<p>According to Exeter’s E-book, their policy is similar to Andover’s except that it is shut off at 11:00.</p>
<p>Yeah the only site exeter blocks is limewire and they shut off the internet at 11 except for saturdays when they shut it off at one</p>
<p>Policies vary by school. Mine shut it off during study hall (you could go to the library and use the internet on the computers there for academic reasons, but the wireless was shut off) and at 11 (12 on weekends).</p>
<p>Many schools block certain sites during specified times - ie study hall and sites like facebook, im’ing etc.
In addition, most schools networks have “under 21 inappropriate” sites blocked and they can in fact track if you hack around the block and discipline.<br>
All schools have their computer use policies in the student handbook and most of those are on the school web sites. I would suggest you check them out if it is a concern to you. Violation of them in some cases can be severe depending on what it is.</p>
<p>I guess the reason Andover does none of this is that they believe in freedom of information.</p>
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They may not block it, but a quick look at the policy clearly prohibits accessing certain information on the school’s network:</p>
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<p>Choate cuts off the internet at night different times for the different grades. They do block certain sites, but not Facebook. I believe that if you are on any school’s network, you have to follow the “acceptable use” policy that you signed at the beginning of the year.</p>
<p>Hotchkiss also has an Acceptable Use Policy that one signs at the beginning of the year. They block certain sites that would be in violation of the AUP - fo’ example, I think chatroulette might be blocked (not sure because I have no reason to want to find out :P), and if a site is blocked it will tell you the category it’s blocked for - generally pornography, gambling, or “security” (i.e., bit (dot) ly links won’t work), though these filters aren’t 100% accurate. Internet shuts off at 11 for underclass students; not sure about the older kids. Proctors have 24-hour internet. Facebook etc are never blocked, however, they’re considering shutting off social networking etc during study hall as per student suggestion. I think IT has access to the list of sites you visit so they can monitor what you’re doing with the AUP, but they wouldn’t investigate without reasonable cause. :)</p>
<p>St. Pauls: * “In deference to the School’s educational mission, as well as the wishes of the School’s faculty,student Internet access is “shut down” during overnight hours from 12 a.m. (midnight) to 6 a.m. with an exception made on Saturdays extending it to 2 a.m.”* </p>
<p>Even teens need to sleep occasionally!</p>
<p>Most mainstream uses (like Facebook, twitter) are fine but there are policies on internet behavior, bandwidth, hacking, etc.</p>
<p>Yes
You are using the school’s web connection and they can and do do random checks. This has been covered in the past. If you are suspected of something (ie writing bad about someone), they will take your computer and search it. Most of the IT guys I talked with have great software to foil most passwords, etc.</p>
<p>If you want a facebook, perhaps the best way to do so with with a 3G device and not via their web access</p>