Setting up a Mac Lab

Hey all,
I'm a long-time windows user who's been employed to create a disk image to be deployed to 19 new iMac computers loaded with Snow Leopard. I understand the process of creating and deploying an image (And have done so successfully) but come to you, the user base, for advice in terms of computer settings.
These will be used by college students only during class time and when there is a lab monitor present. They don't have access to the System Preferences, and unnecessary applications such as Mail and Chess have been removed (Bummer, right?)
Updates will all be entered manually, and Deepfreeze will be installed to ensure that any changes to the computers will be wiped every night.
What computers settings that a new Mac user may not know about should be altered to ensure that the computers are secure but still accessible? And what advice can you give to a new IT Administrator of a Mac lab?
Thanks.

JohnnyJ wrote:
I have my admin account and I created a student account and put them on a managed setting, all I want is for them not to be able to change or modify in any way any system settings, the dock, keyboards or times
You might try the option in the Security panel of System Preferences to "Require a password to unlock each System Preferences pane" to see if that locks down everything you want. If so, you may be able to configure those student accounts as "standard" accounts.
I can't get to the microsoft program at all as a student
What happens when you try? Have you enabled the Microsoft software in Parental Controls?
and as admin it has me locked out of the student account so I can't put short cuts in any of their folders.
That could be managed with the "mv" and "cp" commands in a Terminal session.
If each Mac only has one "student" account and the students have no expectation of their work being saved on the Mac between sessions, consider having them use "guest" accounts.

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