Youth and Social Networking: An Eclectic Webliography 3/2008
Kid friendly social networking sites found by searching Yahoo and Google for kid friendly social networking.
These seem to be marketed to the tweens (9-12) and even younger:
Famster
Our-Social
Totspot A place for kids (Beta)
Making MySpace Your Space, Too / Scholastica Parents
mentions:
imbee
Whyville
http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice
Safer cyber-playrooms / by Mike Snider USA today 2/26/2007
mentions:
Club Penguin, part of the Walt Disney Company
and http://neopets.com/ and http://www.webkinz.com/
obviously meant to sell toys
The following are aimed at teens (14-17) or parents / teachers:
Social Networking Websites Review
http://social-networking-websites-review.toptenreviews.com/
includes minimum age rules of many sites, e.g. MySpace 14+
Social Networking Sites: A Parent's Guide / Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/tech/tec13.shtm
How to help your kids use social networking Web sites more safely
http://www.microsoft.com/protect/family/activities/social.mspx
"Kids use social networking sites to connect with kids who might live halfway around the world and with kids whom they pass every day in the hallways at school."
"Ensure your kids follow age limits on the site. The recommended age for signing up for social networking sites is usually 13 and over. If your children are under the recommended age for these sites, do not let them use the sites."
Kids + Social Networks = Learning (?)
http://weblogg-ed.com/2007/kids-social-networks-learning/
"Point is, we have to do more than unblock. We have to do more than just teach them what not to do. We have to help them leverage the tools.
So, what’s in your policy?" -- in context of schools
Sites to watch:
ALA YALSA : Young Adult Library Services Organization
Teen Tech Week
http://www.ala.org/teentechweek/
Electronic Resources
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/electronicresourcesb/electronicresources.cfm
Links to MySpace, Blog, Wiki, Twitter, Flickr, Technorati, Del.ioci.is
PEW/Internet studies
Search, reports:
Recommended reading:
Teens, Libraries and Web 2.0:
Snapshots from a new media landscape
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/103/presentation_display.asp
8.02.07
Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist
Pew Internet and American Life Project
Northeast Kansa Library System Tech Day presentation
WebJunction [often leads to a few nuggets, see below]
Home > Resources > Patron Services > Services for Teens >
http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=12993
Library Youth and Teen Services 2.0
For youth services librarians and anyone else interested in web 2.0 and ites opportunities and possiblities for library youth and young adult services
Voice of Youth Advocates
Do You Blog? A New Way to Reach Teens [pdf]
http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200610YAClicks.pdf
Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
see under 3.13 Technology, Information Sharing and Education