Anne

I think I will contact epals. I was in touch with the In2Books group that merged with them a few years ago. They were looking for a new executive at the time.

Hi -

I'm new here.

I founded a virtual community for kids nine through 13, called Tweenland.com. Perhaps I can give you a few pointers.

1. You should start by thinking through your parameters - timewise and agewise. K through 8th is a huge sweep.

Interestingly, (as has been our experience) your will find that the fourth through sixth graders (10 to 12) are the best participators. This is likely because (1) it's a formative sole internet experience that they want to be successful and (2) they are still interested in being protected. (Specifically, they are aware of the dangers of being on the net, but they are not yet willing to take them on alone.) So, it gives you a good rule following group who is tech savvy enough not to have to provide oodles of tech support.

2. Parents. While most parents on this forum are interested in their kids' online well being, we have been contacted by less that 2% of parents. In many cases, outbound communication to parents never yields a response.

3. It's okay not to have the site up 24 hours. We have a function in our code which permits us to "turn off" the site. We do this for two reasons: (1) we have had to intervene on behalf of parents because we have found that kids will be on the site until all hours of the night and (2) if we can't monitor in real time (in part because we offer chat) the site isn't up.

So, I would suggest that you start by narrowing your age range and your time paramters.

As well, you have to remember that web usability is going to vary tremendously over that age range.

Hope these tips help. If you need some tech insight, feel free to give a holler.

Tony

Hi, Nowadays most of the people prefer online education. Here I am giving one educational site namely
science projects for kids, which will help the children to improve their skills in all aspects.here we have online community for kids, they can share their knowledge, a grasp on fundamental concepts of science in an interactive and collaborative environment.

I run a small kids online education service.

I've been asked by a number of parents to create a kids networking forum where they can discuss lessons, post art, and interact. I'd like to do it but I'm intimidated by the issues.

I did setup a parents forum to discuss online education, parenting, homeschooling, and how to use the service. I've had a terribly-hard time keeping it clean and have only succeeded after a number of disaster and too much trial and error.

Is there any advice, tools, or expertise out there on how to set up a blog or forum or social area for kids (my ages are PreK-8th)? I certainly don't want to start and have the same problems that I've had with the parent's forum.