Wednesday, June 2, 2010
In the hands of our youth~
I found this real nifty website by the name of 'Kids Domain'. This website helps students from 1st-5th grade learn the basics of the internet and the 'language' of the cyber world. This website gives great tips as to how students can survive in the cyber world and not be mistaken. It explains terms such as how typing in all caps means that you are shouting at someone and all. I believe this website can help students who are new to the cyber world by teaching them the right and wrongs, as well as the rules of this alternate universe. Like reality the rules of the cyber world are severe and have many consequences. If your not careful with what you say you can be penalized. This website would be useful to a student who has an online course and is he/she first time in the cyber world. This website will teach them how to communicate with their peers and professors.
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Brian, I think you’re right, this would be a good website for students to check out before dipping into the world wide web. As a college student I didn’t know that when you type with all uppercase letters it means you are shouting, I just thought the person was just a bad typist. So there is always something new to learn.
ReplyDeleteBrian,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion! I think this would be a great site to use at the beginning of the school year and combine it with a lesson on internet Netiquette(pg.94-Shelly Cashman Series). It might also fit at the end of the school year before so many spend many hours on the computers at home. Is it kidsdomain.com?