Web 2.0 for Kids

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Web 2.0 for Kids

• Junda Liu

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Background

• Adults learn a lot from Web
• Wikipedia, Google, Facebook, forums, etc.
• Mainly text (Youtube is different)
• Web 2.0
• Interactive and social network
• User-generated content
• Kids?
• Goals
• Challenges

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Website

• Multimedia
• Flash games, video and audio
• Pictures, smileys, etc
• Visual design
• Intuitive and fun
• Consistent
• UI
• Simple
• Minimal mouse/keyboard usage

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Connection with course

• Designing for unschooled users
• Social development
• Virtual social
• Interactive learning
• no face-to-face communication

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Expectation

• What are the pros/cons of Web compared to family,
  school, and TV?
• How to make website better?
• Learning speed of different ages
• Success
• Kids like the wesite and use it frequently
• Active online interaction

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