Visitors should use either the Safari browser for Mac or Internet Explorer for the PC along with the Flash Player 7.0 and Windows Media 9 plug-ins. The site also takes advantage of streaming animation, and visitors will find eight enlightening music videos (an MP3 download of the songs also is available) along with a pair of multipart cartoons focusing on digital music ethics and discussing bad Internet experiences with a trusted adult.Įase of use: is compatible with PCs and Macs and any operating system. Some of my favorites include quiz introductions to the WizzyWig Gang and Webville Outlaws, which characterize some of the Internet’s dangers and nuisances the complex Pac-Man-like Maze Game a pair of art programs to create comic books timed puzzles and a Dance Studio to record some of the NetSmartz mascots in action. Visitors looking for a quick test of skills will find 25 opportunities between the Games and Activities sections. Hosts including Clicky the rappin’ robot and purple humans named Nettie and Webster are completely involved within an active cityscape that leads visitors through the sections Games Activities E-Mail Tunes Free Stuff and Ready, Set, Internet. Word from the Webwise: Visitors will be mesmerized by a site boasting 3-D computer animation techniques, a bevy of colorful characters and tons of rhyming musical lessons.īetween the wide range of multimedia interactives, youngsters are reminded constantly not to use rude or mean language when using the Internet, never to share personal information, never to meet in person anyone met online (without a parent expressly involved) and never to download or respond to anything that makes them feel uncomfortable. We also provide adults with a free resource for learning and teaching about the dangers to watch out for online,” says Rick Minicucci, president of NetSmartz. Site address: Creator: The Web site was created by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria.Ĭreator quotable: “We created NetSmartz to empower, entertain and educate children and teens about how to be safer when using the Internet.
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