[MLTI-HS] MLTI.org email system to be decommissioned

[Jeff Mao]

Dear MLTI schools,
The MLTI program is discontinuing the current MLTI e-mail system (all  
email addresses ending in @mlti.org) on June 30, 2009. All email sent  
to or from addresses ending in @mlti.org will not be delivered after  
June 30, 2009.

The Department has formed a new partnership with ePals.com to provide  
e-mail and other digital learning tools at no cost. The Department is  
advising schools using the @mlti.org email addresses to create new  
email accounts for its users as soon as possible so that they can  
notify their own contacts of their new email address.

While the transition for users to new email addresses is always  
bothersome, the Department’s new partnership with ePals will provide  
enhanced functionality for teachers, and should provide a stable and  
on-going email address that is not tied to the MLTI contract cycle.

Information on the new ePals SchoolM at ail see “Join Now” information  
at: http://www.maineconnects.net.

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ePals Overview – SchoolM at il, SchoolBlog and Global Connections

The Maine Department of Education and ePals welcome you to Maine  
Connects, where educators and students use technology to engage in the  
world around them. Through this strategic partnership, classrooms  
statewide will have access to ePals secure digital tools, classroom-to- 
classroom collaboration, and Global Community, transforming learning  
through the safe and appropriate integration of digital learning tools  
and high-quality pedagogy.

ePals SchoolM at il has been chosen as the provider of email for all  
students throughout Maine, delivering real life opportunities for them  
to safely communicate and collaborate with their peers online. ePals  
also has launched a dedicated portal for the State of Maine, http://www.maineconnects.net 
, to provide educators and students with access to safe and  
collaborative, Web-based communications tools in the ePals Global  
Community and a curriculum that helps to build fundamental literacy  
skills and expand global awareness.

ePals SchoolBlog provides students, teachers, administrators and  
parents the benefits and power of school-safe blogging tools.  
SchoolBlog is able to restrict access and user functionality and keep  
the blog focused on classroom activities.

ePals Global Community is the largest online community of K-12  
learners, enabling more than half a million educators and millions of  
students across 200 countries and territories to safely connect,  
exchange ideas and work together.

ePals In2Books is a curriculum-based, e-mentoring program that builds  
reading, writing and thinking skills. Designed for 3rd through 5th  
grade classrooms, students choose age-appropriate, high-quality books  
from a list compiled by a team of children's literature experts for  
both the students and pen pals to read throughout the school year.

For more information on these new partnerships:
Maine Connects - http://www.maineconnects.net
ePals Global Community - http://www.epals.com
In2Book - http://www.in2books.com
MLTI - http://www.mlti.org

Questions related to the email system transition may be directed to  
Jeff Mao, jeff.mao at maine.gov.

Thank you,
MLTI Team


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