:: netwoman's blog ::

Zoey's Room

I stumbled across a website called Zoey's Room - a 'tech-know-how' for young girls. "Explore with Zoey the world of Math, Science and Technology in a fun and creative environment"

"Zoey's room is an online community for girls ages 10-14, a place where girls can go to explore math, science and technology in a fun, safe and creative environment. Zoey's room delivers what girls want: a tight online collaborative community, a daily personal connection to Zoey in her chat room after school, Fab Female role model online chats, a place to showcase the girls' creative work and hands-on challenges that lead to big prizes such as digital cameras and wireless mice from Logitech.

Unlike other websites for girls in this genre, Zoey's Room is the only character-driven website out there that uses a personal connection to Zoey every day after school. Its unique verification process ensure the identity of every girl, making it one of the safest math, science and technology communities around..."

Looks colourful and interesting. It's really interesting to see how fictional characters can be used in a manner to teach and mentor using new ICTS. There are some really creative ways to use the internet to overcome digital divides. Of course, if you don't have access, or don't have flash in this case, then you are out of luck. So, nice tools - but still many people without access, hardware and skills to use these innovative tools.

posted by Netwoman @ 10:42 AM