Hello,

I am interested to know why most of the "games" sites are blocked? Was
there some difficulty or is it that the school board felt that games,
excluding the "educational" games, had no value for the students? I think
that most games help teach strategy development and so forth.

Thanks
Charlotte (Sanfor) Salafia
Wilson Elementary


> Hi Everyone,
> I've been getting lots of calls and emails this week about edtech web
> sites
> being blocked.  I talked to Loyal Clarke and he said that the MPS filter
> is
> now blocking sites with "games".  Also, sites that connect to any kind of
> chat room are being blocked, i.e., webkins.com.  He said he would unblock
> game sites that were educational/meet performance objectives for MPS.  So
> .
> . .  if you know of any sites on the edtech website that are being
> blocked,
> and you want them unblocked, please send a list to me (not Loyal).  I will
> double-check the site, and give a list to Loyal so that he can unblock
> them.  All sites with chat rooms will remain blocked.  Sorry about this
> inconvenience.  Hopefully, we can take care of it pretty quickly.  Thanks
> for helping out.
>
>
> Joelyn Hilton
> Educational Technology Trainer
> Mesa Public Schools
> 549 N. Stapley Drive
> Mesa, AZ  85203
>
> www.mpsaz.org/edtech
>
> ph:  480-472-0015
> pager:  602-201-9529
>
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