The last 2 days, someone has been coming into my classroom while I was out, and capturing the bkgd and scribbling on it in MS Paint. The first day was just scribbles, but yesterday it said "TAG". I thought maybe it was one of the other teachers, but it would be impossible for him since he's driving a bus when this is taking place. My second guess is a few of the teacher's kids that roam the halls after school.

I don't really care if students use my computer (they do all day long during class), but they have my permission. Whomever is doing this, obviously does not. What if they are also rifling through my desk? Anyway, here's my plan at a trap. Well, sort of trap...

Today, I set up a video camera on the opposite side of the room, pointed at my desk, and after school, leave the room and kill some time. Hopefully, I'll catch the perps on film. But I don't plan on saying anything about it.

Instead, tomorrow after school, I'll leave a personalized note on my monitor to the perps about how I think unauthorized use of a teacher's computer should be worth at least 3 days in In-School-Suspension. And how video cameras are great. When they see their names on the note, that should be cool. Maybe I should tape that too.

Whaddya think?

Also, to beat you to the punch...

It's a trap!

Thats p.cool I bet I would have sneaked my way around a tricky teacher like you.

I was pretty badass.

Reminds me of the time some kid in a linux class gave the teacher a lot of problems, so the teacher made a lot of sound files and started playing them on his machine to scare him.

It's a crap!

Set it to motion detect. Also, they'll probably just delete the file it saves to, so read protect the folder.

What...? Video camera...tape...what?

When you bust them, get them to agree to posting the vid on the net :p

Reviving this because I demand to know the results.

Less than entertaining, that's for sure.

The first day I set up the camera, I forgot to switch it off of VCR mode, and didn't record a blasted thing. It was a shame, because they came in a did it again.

The second day, I set it up correctly, but they didn't come in. Instead, some kids came up to me in the hallway while I was chatting with another teacher, and said "tag". I knew what he was talking about but I ignored him (I was in the middle of a conversation anyway) and wondered if he'd hang himself some more.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, he and his friend came up and said, "Hey, Mr. Chewbubba, can we use your computer? *snicker* *snicker*" I told them no and to scram.

The boy's girlfriend stopped me in the hall (he was just a few feet away) and asked me if I knew what they were talking about. I kept walking and lied, saying, "of course I know - I've had a video camera set up in my room the last two days and caught everything on tape." That was the cue for the two boys to start accusing each other.

To make a long story longer (and even more of a let-down), I told them they should have to do some In-School Suspension for the unauthorized use of a teacher's computer.

Ultimately, the principal called them in and chewed them out and told them if there was any trouble with anything remotely related to computers, their usage priviledges would be revoked.

See? Not nearly as great as it should have been.

They call you Mr. Chewbubba!?

Er, no.

Thats why I put the :v:.

You should make them call you MR. Chewbubba.

A few know about my alter ego, but the less the better, imo.

You should have set up a tarp somewhere so that you could spring "IT'S A TARP" on them.