Chris, here is my take on this. If a student needs an email address for a college course or for some other school related event, I assign them an address and let them know in writing that the account will be monitored on occasion. I just want them to understand that the account is for educational use only. For some odd reason kids don't want that. I also block all other email for safety reasons. Our kids are exposed to enough crap that they don't need other reasons to become involved in a writing contest with the person next to them or passing jokes to others.
Hope this helps. MIKE -- Michael A. Linde Director of Technology/Media/Coach/PE Pomeroy-Palmer Schools 202 East Harrison Street Pomeroy IA 50575 Voice (712)468-2268 Fax (712) 468-2453 Beeper 800-365-7789 pin # 220920 Email Pager Info: http://www.ncn.net/services/pgateway.htm PIN # 1220920 -- --------------------------------------------------------- Archived messages from this list can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/tech-cord@aea5.k12.ia.us/ ---------------------------------------------------------