Last time I checked in I told you 83 schools had signed on to use OpenDNS since October 1. We’ve more than doubled that number in the past 12 days! So far during Take OpenDNS to School Month 186 have made the switch.

I’ve gotta give Michigan a special shout out because a good percentage of our new school customers are there. From Detroit to the U.P., Michigan students are surfing safe.

You still have eight days left to print this PDF and give it to the school network admin in your life.

Thanks to everyone helping spread the good OpenDNS word!

Wow! It’s only the 11th of the month and already 83 new schools have switched to OpenDNS!

In case you missed the initial announcement, October is Take OpenDNS to School month. That means we’re asking you to spread the word about OpenDNS to your kids’ school(s), your friends’ kids’ school(s) and any other school you’re affiliated with. Of course, I’m the first to say it’s not that hard of a sell… OpenDNS and schools are perfect together. Schools have restrictive budgets. OpenDNS is free. Schools have kids. OpenDNS has Web content filtering. See what I mean?

There are still 20 days left in the month, which is plenty of time to print this PDF and make sure it gets to everyone that can benefit.

OpenDNS customers are the best.

Seems like schools always get the short end of the stick. Teachers are underpaid, classrooms are understocked and for the most part technology budgets stink, even though security measures are mandated.

Back in the earlier days of OpenDNS, we didn’t expect the service to be such a hit with schools. But as more and more schools signed up, it dawned on us: OpenDNS is a perfect fit.

Think about it: the same Web-content filtering functions that expensive tools perform, but for free, so budget isn’t exhausted. Combined with speedier surfing and a more reliable network — OpenDNS is a no-brainer. Matt Parnell makes a great case for this.

All of the above are why we’re making October ‘Take OpenDNS to School’ month and calling on you to help us spread the word. We want your local school or district to end up an OpenDNS Success Story like Jackson Public Schools, the largest school district in Mississippi and an OpenDNS customer.

If you have kids, know someone who has kids, or simply want to help, just print or attach this PDF and make sure it ends up in the right hands. If you’re not sure who runs the network at the kids’ school, the computer teacher will likely know, if he/she doesn’t run it him/herself.

If you run the network for a school and are using OpenDNS, we’d love to hear about it.