Supply students and classroom teacher with web page design technologies to deliver effective presentations by serving as experts in web page creation and then assisting students and teachers in gathering and organizing information for their web pages; helping teachers see the Internet not only as a source of content but as a communication and teaching tool; and demonstrating how web pages can be used as a platform to generate new knowledge and facilitate new learning connections. Create communities of learners or electronic learning modules by linking students’ web pages to a centralized main page so that students can access different class or peer web pages....
Privacy and safety are a growing concern, particularly as companies aim at younger children. Some virtual worlds are now meant to appeal to preschoolers, using pictures to control actions so that reading is not required. And critics are sharpening their knives. "We cannot allow the media and marketing industries to construct a childhood...," said Susan Linn, a Boston psychologist and the director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a nonprofit group that has complained of ads for movies on Webkinz.com.
Disney’s biggest online world is Club Penguin, which it bought in August from three Canadians in a deal worth $700 million. At the time, more than 700,000 members paid fees of $5.95 a month, delivering annual revenue of almost $50 million.Still, one world, even a very successful one, does not alter the financial landscape at a $35.5 billion company like Disney. So Disney is pursuing a portfolio approach, investing $5 million to $10 million per world to develop a string of as many as 10 virtual properties, people familiar with Disney’s plans said.