[MLTI-MS] REMINDER: MLTI.org email system to be decommissioned

[Brown, Laura]

This is to remind all MLTI schools that our MLTI.org email is retiring
on June 30, 2009.  Emails sent to or from mlti.org accounts will not go
through the mlti.org domain starting July 1, 2009.
 
New email accounts for your active email users must be created through
ePals on or before June 30, 2009 by clicking on the 'Join Now' link at:
http://www.maineconnects.net
 
Thank you,
 
Laura J. Brown 
MLTI Project Assistant 
Maine Learning Technology Initiative 
Learning Through Technology Team 
State of Maine Department of Education 
Phone: (207) 624-6746 * Fax: (207) 624-6601 
Mail: 23 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0023
MLTI on the Web: http://www.maine.gov/mlti/
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MLTI Deployment: http://www.maine.gov/mlti/deployment/
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From: mlti-ms-bounces at informe.org [mailto:mlti-ms-bounces at informe.org]
On Behalf Of Jeff Mao
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 AM
To: mlti-ms at lists.maine.gov; mlti-hs at lists.maine.gov
Subject: [MLTI-MS] MLTI.org email system to be decommissioned
 
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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