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This program is no longer available as of August 11, 2009 Dear Educators, It isIt’s with great reluctancemuch and regret that we mustwe’re announceannouncing the end of ourthe offer“Ad forFree freefor adEducation removalSites” fromprogram educationhere sites.at WeWetpaint. knowWhile thisthe willprogram nothas bebeen a populartremendous change,success butand has been used by educators around the world, it iscomes anat unfortunatea necessityhigh duecost to resourceWetpaint. availabilityWith andthe businesscompany’s focusresources forstretched Wetpaintthin, atwe thiscan time.no Welonger willeffectively continuesupport tothe honorprogram educationgoing sitesforward. Anyone that have already hadhas a adsWetpaint removedsite asin wellthe as“Ad sitesFree thatfor haveEducation alreadySites” beenprogram submittedor torequested entry usinto the program prior to thisAugust announcement.10, 2009 will remain in the ad-free program and their sites will remain ad-free. Wetpaint does isoffer proudad-free tooptions befor a valuablemonthly toolsubscription; useddetails byof educatorsthat andprogram can studentsbe aroundfound here. Wetpaint thanks the world,education community for their use of Wetpaint over the past two years and we look forward to continuingsupporting the community again in the near future. Sincerely, The Wetpaint Crew Q & A Q: Why did you get rid of the program? A: It was rather expensive to doadminister. whatEvery week Wetpaint would get over 1000 requests from educators for ad free sites. To administer the project, we canwould have to supportreview youevery insingle yourone of effortsthem to innovatemake thesure teachingthey andqualified learningfor process.the program. Sincerely, Q: So Thenow what do we do? A: Wetpaint does offer premium subscriptions which remove advertising from the site. That is an option. Additionally, there are several other collaborative web services that offer educators ad free websites if the premium option is too expensive. Q: TeamIf I’m in it but want to start a new one, can I do that? A: No. Sites that are already in the program will remain ad free going forward but new sites will not be admitted. We recommend educators turn over the site from session to session. You can add new users and delete old ones. Note: Wetpaint cannot currently permit students under the age of 13 to register on Wetpaint.com, per COPPA	I already registered my education site to have ads removed, when will the ads be turned off? If you have already visited the "Settings" area of your site, clicked on "Upgrades", and clicked the Select button under the "Register as an education site", and filled out and submitted the form, then you don't need to do anything else. Over the past few weeks Wetpaint has received a high volume of requests for this free service. Please be patient while we review these requests and disable the ads. * Wetpaint reserves the right to grant or deny ad-free status on a case-by-case basis.

This program is no longer available as of August 11, 2009

Dear Educators,

It isIt’s with great reluctancemuch and regret that we mustwe’re announceannouncing the end of ourthe offer“Ad forFree freefor adEducation removalSites” fromprogram educationhere sites.at WeWetpaint. knowWhile thisthe willprogram nothas bebeen a populartremendous change,success butand has been used by educators around the world, it iscomes anat unfortunatea necessityhigh duecost to resourceWetpaint. availabilityWith andthe businesscompany’s focusresources forstretched Wetpaintthin, atwe thiscan time.no Welonger willeffectively continuesupport tothe honorprogram educationgoing sitesforward.

Anyone that have already hadhas a adsWetpaint removedsite asin wellthe as“Ad sitesFree thatfor haveEducation alreadySites” beenprogram submittedor torequested entry usinto the program prior to thisAugust announcement.10, 2009 will remain in the ad-free program and their sites will remain ad-free.

Wetpaint does isoffer proudad-free tooptions befor a valuablemonthly toolsubscription; useddetails byof educatorsthat andprogram can studentsbe aroundfound here.

Wetpaint thanks the world,education community for their use of Wetpaint over the past two years and we look forward to continuingsupporting the community again in the near future.

Sincerely,

The Wetpaint Crew

Q & A

Q: Why did you get rid of the program?
A: It was rather expensive to doadminister. whatEvery week Wetpaint would get over 1000 requests from educators for ad free sites. To administer the project, we canwould have to supportreview youevery insingle yourone of effortsthem to innovatemake thesure teachingthey andqualified learningfor process.the program.
Sincerely,
Q: So Thenow what do we do?
A: Wetpaint does offer premium subscriptions which remove advertising from the site. That is an option. Additionally, there are several other collaborative web services that offer educators ad free websites if the premium option is too expensive.

Q: TeamIf I’m in it but want to start a new one, can I do that?
A: No. Sites that are already in the program will remain ad free going forward but new sites will not be admitted. We recommend educators turn over the site from session to session. You can add new users and delete old ones.

Note: Wetpaint cannot currently permit students under the age of 13 to register on Wetpaint.com, per COPPA

I already registered my education site to have ads removed, when will the ads be turned off?

If you have already visited the "Settings" area of your site, clicked on "Upgrades", and clicked the Select button under the "Register as an education site", and filled out and submitted the form, then you don't need to do anything else.

Over the past few weeks Wetpaint has received a high volume of requests for this free service. Please be patient while we review these requests and disable the ads.

* Wetpaint reserves the right to grant or deny ad-free status on a case-by-case basis.

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