[LM_NET] problems with askkids' drawing tool?

[schnaid5@OPTIMUM.NET]

Hi everyone,
 
    I have set our default IE page to askkids and have asked that the computer lab 
do the same,  as we like to work in tandem. The computer teacher also supports all 
of the databases we teach in the library. Askkids is our primary search engine, 
school-wide.  However, ironically enough, we are having major distraction issues 
with the drawing tool, which appears on the askkids home page.  I have contacted 
ASKseveral weeks ago and suggested that they remove it or at least just make an 
option, so we can choose not to have it on.  I have not heard back from them.  The 
computer teacher told me that it has gotten so out of hand, that he doesn't want 
them using askkids at all.   This is really a shame.  Is anyone sharing the same 
experience and if so, is there a way to turn off the drawing tool?  How do you deal 
with that distraction?
 
Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions,
 
Esther Schnaidman, librarian
Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey
River Edge, NJ
201-986-1414
schnaid5@optimum.net

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