Computer Virus - Week 8

So this is the last blog for this class and I can honestly say I have enjoyed creating this blog as well as adding new posts. It's a useful and easy to use forum in which to share my opinion and I will certainly be implementing this in my classroom.

As far as security on the computers at school go, I know that we use McAfee which is a company that provides people and business which antivirus software and computer protection. Every single ocmputer in the school in protected and for the most part, it has been effective in keeping viruses at bay.

However, my first year of teaching which was the 2008-2009 school, the system at school started to run very slowly. We figured it was the increase in computers as we had added an additional computer lab just a couple of weeks prior to that school year beginning.

A month in to school, it was obvious that something was wrong as everyone in the school began getting messages on their computer stating the computer will shut down in 60 seconds if we didn't install something - I can't remember the specifics. The tech people came in and thought they had fixed it.

A couple of days later, most teachers could not even control their computer and the message returned. I am not sure as to what kind of virus we had, but it was certainly something that paralyzed our ability to use our computers for nearly a week before the problem was resolved.

Technology is an extremely helpful and useful tool but it certainly is not something that should be taken lightly as their are always going to be people in the world that seek to destroy you, the computer you are using, or both. While the benefits to using technology far outweight the negatives, it is crucial to first be protected in terms of internet usage so that all work and information that you put on the computer is safeguarded as best as possible.

I will certainly work hard to implement technology in my classroom this year as I find it necessary in order to ensure the success of my students as technology is a part of their daily lives.