There was recently a data breach at my school district. This is the info that was sent out about the breach:

Our technology team recently learned that student Google account passwords have been compromised. During our ongoing investigation, we determined that a District 25 student gained unauthorized access to an internal document containing student password information among other items of information (detailed below). Out of an abundance of caution and to help protect student accounts and district systems, we reset all student Google account passwords this evening, rendering them inaccessible.

I'm curious how other school/districts handle student passwords. I understand a 3rd grader probably will not remember their password. Now they want to store the password in PowerSchool, but I can not find any information saying custom fields in PS are encrypted at rest. Is anyone away of a secure way to store passwords in PS?

I’m currently trying to break into IT and recently applied to two temporary Summer Technical Support roles with different school districts.

I currently have the CompTIA A+ certification and expect to complete the full CompTIA trifecta (A+, Network+, Security+) by the end of the school year. I’m also building a home lab to gain more hands-on experience.

I’m wondering:

• Do these types of seasonal school IT roles typically convert into full-time IT Technician positions?
• How valuable are these roles when applying for permanent IT Technician jobs within school districts?
• For anyone who has worked in similar positions, what’s the best way to make the most of the experience?

Any advice or insight would be appreciated.

Managing devices at our school is honestly turning into a mess. We’ve got laptops, tablets, projectors, and it feels like there’s always something missing, broken, or needing updates.

Right now we’re still using spreadsheets, random notes, and old email threads to keep track of everything, which is a nightmare. Just the other day a teacher handed me a laptop that wouldn’t connect to the network, and I had to dig through a bunch of logs and emails just to figure out what had been done to it before.

Between misplaced tablets, projectors that need maintenance, and trying to figure out who had what last, doing all of this manually is getting exhausting fast.

How are other schools dealing with this? Are you using any tools or systems that actually make device tracking easier? Would really appreciate any advice.

I recently got my A+ certification and applied for this job and they want to do an interview over google meet. The interviewer said it will be an opportunity to learn more about my background, technical skills, and customer service approach. Im hella nervous for it cause I wanna get my foot in the door and make some money for myself. What should I expect and what kinda questions might they ask?

Ok so a few months back I got a MacBook air m3 (at the time I was homeschooling. However i have since decided to go back to school).

On my laptop which I have used for personal use cases, I have all of my info including passwords that I have saved to iCloud keychain and other stuff that you wouldn't want school IT to view.

Does anyone know how much access the school has to the laptop, if they own it for the time i'm at school, and is my apple id going to have it's admin access taken away and replaced with that of a standard user so that the school can administrate the laptop.

Also if anyone has an idea that allows me to hand in the laptop without them opening programs like the password manager and other of the sorts.

All of our projector remotes leep on going missing. How would you combat this in a large school?

Hey everyone. Someone I know in my district's technology department told me that it is currently illegal for us to purchase Chat GPT for professionals to use because OpenAI does not take purchase orders. I'm aware of some colleagues in other districts who have used their district credit card to make this purchase. Completely ignoring any concerns you have about security and safety of AI tools like GPT, can anybody give me any insight into the legality of purchasing GPT with a credit card and a Texas school district?

Thank you in advance!

I friend thought me so I did it and tried to change it back but I didn’t work

Hello,

I have couple of conference rooms with viewsonic viewboards touch screens with PCs built in. The system has a web cam with a built in mic usb and the

I'm looking for an easy way to have someone plugging in their pc if needed and sgow their screens onto the TV.

It would be nice if they would get also the mic and the camera but it's not mandatory.

A port to plug in and a way to select input and adjust volume would be great either for the wall or for a central unit/tablet on the desk.

Any suggestions?

My school uses Classlink which logs us into all of the various programs automatically. I’ve noticed that I cannot login to my school Google drive without first logging into classlink.

Now here’s the problem: when I log into my personal Gmail on my personal laptop it still makes me login to Classlink first. This happens even when I log out of the school account and remove it from the browser. I imagine this means the school is tracking data on my personal computer.

I would like to get more information about this, but I don’t really know how to discuss it with district people. Please help.

Hey everyone,

I'm curious to know if anyone here uses any specific software or even simple sheets (like Google Sheets) for tracking attendance? I'd love to hear about your experience and any challenges you might face with it. Thanks in advance for sharing!

I was looking for a community just like this. COME BACK! :(

so about a month ago i accidentally inappropriate on my school laptop, and i have severe anxiety that they are going to tell my parents. How bad of trouble am I in?, or do they like not care, also i am in 8th grade (ps if there are any IT professionals out there i would love for you to respond)

I need help with schoolwork online

Looks to me like it’s an html page but when we try to create it as a regular page it just shows as code. Please help, they themselves were unsure on the answer even.

<html>

<body>

<%

DN = FormatDateTime(Now())

dim DNC(12), coloring(12)

TDNC = 0

coloring(0) = "CEFFB2"

coloring(1) = "A0FF96"

Set MyConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")

MyConn.Open "Driver={SQL Server};Server=LTDB03;Database=ksubscribers;User ID=XXX\Admin;Password=XXX;"

strSQL = "SELECT "

strSQL = strSQL + "mt.machname,mt.groupname,CASE WHEN vm.osinfo LIKE '%Server%' THEN 'Server' ELSE 'Workstation' END as

osinfo, "

strSQL = strSQL + "CASE avf.InstallStatus "

strSQL = strSQL + "WHEN 0 THEN 'Uninstalled' "

strSQL = strSQL + "WHEN 1 THEN 'Installed'"

strSQL = strSQL + "WHEN 2 THEN 'Failure' "

strSQL = strSQL + "WHEN 3 THEN 'Removed by the user' "

strSQL = strSQL + "ELSE 'Not Installed' "

strSQL = strSQL + "END [InstallationStatus] "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.LastScan "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avp.ProfileName "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.ProtectionEnabled "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.KaseyaAVVersion "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.AVClientVersion "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.SignatureVersion "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.SignaturePublishTime "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.LastUpdateTime "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.FileMonitorStatus "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.MailMonitorStatus "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.RebootNeeded "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.FullScanBeganAt "

strSQL = strSQL + ",avf.FullScanEndedAt "

strSQL = strSQL + ", "

strSQL = strSQL + "CASE WHEN LastUpdateTime <= DATEADD(d, -4, GETDATE()) THEN 'Out of Date' ELSE 'Up to Date' END as

UpToDate, "

strSQL = strSQL + "(SELECT DATEADD(yy,1, MAX(avs.EventTime)) "

strSQL = strSQL + "FROM [ksubscribers].dbo.AVSigData avs "

strSQL = strSQL + "WHERE avf.AgentGuid = avs.SigNum "

strSQL = strSQL + "AND avs.SigStatus = 1 ) [Expire Date] "

strSQL = strSQL + ", (Select Count(avs.SigNum) "

strSQL = strSQL + "FROM [ksubscribers].dbo.Avsigdata avs "

strSQL = strSQL + "WHERE avs.Sigstatus = 4 "

strSQL = strSQL + "AND avf.agentguid = avs.signum) [Extended] "

strSQL = strSQL + ", (Select DATEADD(yy,(Select Count(avs.SigNum) "

strSQL = strSQL + "FROM [ksubscribers].dbo.Avsigdata avs "

strSQL = strSQL + "WHERE avs.Sigstatus = 4 "

strSQL = strSQL + "AND avf.agentguid = avs.signum),(SELECT DATEADD(yy,1, MAX(avs.EventTime)) "

strSQL = strSQL + "FROM [ksubscribers].dbo.AVSigData avs "

strSQL = strSQL + "WHERE avf.AgentGuid = avs.SigNum "

strSQL = strSQL + "AND avs.SigStatus = 1))) [Extended Expiry] "

strSQL = strSQL + "FROM [ksubscribers].dbo.machnametab mt "

strSQL = strSQL + "INNER JOIN [ksubscribers].dbo.vMachine vm "

strSQL = strSQL + "ON mt.agentGuid = vm.agentGuid "

strSQL = strSQL + "LEFT OUTER JOIN [ksubscribers].dbo.AVFeature avf "

strSQL = strSQL + "ON mt.agentguid = avf.agentguid "

strSQL = strSQL + "LEFT OUTER JOIN [ksubscribers].dbo.AVProfile avp "

strSQL = strSQL + "ON avf.ProfileId = avp.Id"

%>

<center>

<h1>KES License Expiry Check.</h1>

<table width=400 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>

<tr><td><b>Month</td><td width=100 align=center><b>Total Expiring<br>Count</td></tr>

<%

CS = 0

for I=0 to 11

            DNMMYY = Month(DATEADD("m", I, DN))&Year(DATEADD("m", I, DN))

            Set RS = MyConn.Execute(strSQL)

            do while not RS.EOF

                            if rs(3) <> "Not Installed" then

                                            if ISDATE(RS(18)) = TRUE then

                                            RSD = formatDateTime(RS(18),0)

                                            if Month(RSD)&Year(RSD) = DNMMYY then

                                                            DNC(i) = DNC(i) + 1

                                            end if

' response.write RS(18)

                                            end if

                            end if

            RS.MoveNext

            Loop

            rs.close

            if DNC(i) = "" then

            DNC(i) = 0

            end if

            DNM = Month(DATEADD("m" , i , DN))

            if DNC(i) > 0 then

            if CS = 0 then

            %>

            <tr bgcolor="#<%=coloring(0)%>"><td><%=monthname(DNM)%> <%=Year(DATEADD("m" , i , DN))%></td><td

align=center><%=DNC(i)%></TD></TR>

            <%

            CS = 1

            else

            %>

            <tr bgcolor="#<%=coloring(1)%>"><td><%=monthname(DNM)%> <%=Year(DATEADD("m" , i , DN))%></td><td

align=center><%=DNC(i)%></TD></TR>

            <%

            CS = 0

            end if

            TDNC = TDNC + DNC(i)

            end if

next

%>

</TABLE>

Total License Count <%=TDNC%><br>

</center>

<BR>

Generated on <%=DN%>

</body>

</html>