Youth Webliography


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

http://famster.com/

 

Our-Social

http://our-social.com/

 

Totspot A place for kids (Beta)

http://www.totspot.com/login

 

Making MySpace Your Space, Too / Scholastica Parents

mentions:

 

imbee

http://www.imbee.com/

 

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

http://www.clubpenguin.com/

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

http://www.ala.org/yalsa

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

http://www.pewinternet.org

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

http://libraryyouth.ning.com/

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

http://www.voya.com

Do You Blog? A New Way to Reach Teens [pdf]

http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200610YAClicks.pdf

Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki

http://www.libsuccess.org

see under 3.13 Technology, Information Sharing and Education