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Slogan contest

Blog Contest "Rules and Regulations"

1. Description of Contest
This is a blog-contest announced as post to observe the concerns of adults as participants towards the kids. Each participant is required to provide a slogan of their own depending on quality and creativity of the main topic "Kids and the Internet".

2. Contest Ends
The contest ends on the 1st of April to be evaluated to end result selecting the winners.
(Only 2 winners will be granted prizes)

3. Who can participate?
Participants must be adults to come up with creative slogans they randomly come up with. Each participant has to only post one slogan made by their own, thus it has to be relevant to "Kids usability towards the Internet". Not necessarily to parents who have kids, but it can also be college students or young working adults to relate the slogans to their brothers/ sisters/ cousins, etc.

4. How to Enter and Post the Slogan?
( i ) Go to www.wwwkidsandtheinternet-leena.blogspot.com
( ii ) Insert in the main Contest Page under Comments: Name, Gender, Age, and then slogan under Quotations.

SAMPLE: <JOHNNY TAN> <MALE> <34> <"KIDS CAN BE INTERNET-FAMOUS TOO">

5. Elimination
Participants will be executed/ eliminated from the competition if he/ she takes the slogan from reference online. For each end result of slogan postage, participants need to be aware that researches will be done as remarks to observe the availability and certify slogan.

6. Winner Selection
The winner will be announced as contest ends. The one with the best slogan will be granted exclusive prizes as reward. Judgements and evaluations will be made according to participant's creativity and uniqueness of their slogan idea.

7. Prizes
The winner will be given an educational game for kids usage to be installed into a PC. It's a source of motivation and also a thank-you gift for participating in the contest.

Kids and Youtube

You tube is a video sharing site that allow people to upload and shares original videos. It became one of the popular site after Facebook. We even share those interesting video to our friends through Facebook. We see the latest silly video that everyone talking about. It almost become our daily "must do task" after Facebook. You tube is getting to replace the mainstream media because of people today are tending to face more computer/Internet than the TV and a lot of the relevant agencies were concerned on this channel.

Furthermore, we knew that kids today are very familiar with the Internet. For an example, I have a nephew who had an Facebook account even though he is only 7 years old and the main purpose for him is just to play game. Other than that, he told me that one of the reason he wants a Facebook account is just because most of his friend having it and this made him desired to have it too. From here we can see the kids now is totally different from how we entertain our self when we are kids. There are a high percentage for a kids to receive something that might not appropriate to their age. How does it possible?

Web browsers for kids

There are many things parents have to do to ensure their children have a save internet browsing experience and one of it is installing a browser specifically designed for kids. 

1. KidZui

Kidzui is considered as the most popular kid's web browser and it is either downloadable or have it's plugin installed in Mozilla Firefox. It features games, YouTube site with save mode 'ON' and other useful features for children.

2. PikLuk

This web browser allows parents to control all the contents for their kids to access and also monitor their progress. The parents can disable the sites they feel not save for their child to view. Other than that, PikLuk allows access to dashboard of the PikLuk web browser to monitor the activities and emails.

While the children are browsing internet on PikLuk, the files and documents can't be accessed. It disables file sharing among users of PikLuk for security reasons.

3. Internet Explorer 9

Even Microsoft has jumped into the band wagon of companies to release a special web browser for children. CEOP(Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) teamed up with Microsoft and came up with specially designed Internet Explorer 9 for kids. This browser is only compatible for Windows 7 operating system users and this is CEOP's contribution into Internet Safety.

4. Zac Browser

This browser is the first of its kind. Zac Browser is filled with activities and videos specially developed for children with autism and other special needs. The time of usage can also be controlled thus allows the children to use for certain amount of period only.Moreover, Zac Browser is also available for mobiles and tablets.

5. Firefly

Not much difference from other kid's web browser, Firefly allows parents to set the duration of internet browsing for children. Firefly comes with standard save Google search results and for Windows 7 users, parents can configure parental control to restrict to certain sites.

To keep your JOB as a Parent and your kid's Safety on the internet

Technology today offers many opportunities and it has become a big part of everybody's daily life. At the end of 2011 it is already very clear that the netizen (citizens of the internet) are already having aspects of life revolving to the internet from friendly relationships, entertainment, shopping, school, information, jobs and many others.

While this is going on, it is penetrated some families in this modern era as kids today are becoming the "experts" while some parents are left behind only to see all the evolutions that take place in this unknown field.

Children are usually one step ahead of their parents with regards to technology and that is what parents should be hoping for in the first place. Browse the internet together and see how your child behaves in the digital world. See which pages they visit and observe how they react. As much as parents care for and learns about their children's friends, their habits and places where they hang out in real life, they must observe with the same perseverance and patients in their "digital" life.

Any strict advice or will not work. If you remember, it did not even work for most of you. It is essential for parents to remember, that children consider themselves experts of internet and technology in general. "DON’T" and "SHOULD NOT" should be replaced with "HOW" and "WHY" in order to open a dialogue between children and parents.

Parents cannot stand by their children all day long hence they cannot protect them from any possible danger forever. However, their role is to teach them how to handle any dangerous situation they might face and how to avoid any unforeseen obstacles. Then again, if children do not succeed, they always have a relationship of safety and trust with their parents that acts as a personal bodyguard. 

Knowledge and experience are the key elements that will help parents to handle and prevent any problems that occur in their children’s lives. When experiencing these feelings, sometimes parents act with impulsion and under the rationale of prohibition. However, this prohibition of using technology automatically puts children out of reality and thus it cannot be easily accepted by them.

How are we in real life, you can always do it the same way online. You can always find better solutions, but it depends on how you can conform with the society and how much you know your own child. Take this into considerations for kids are our future.

"www.youtubeforchildren.com" as a Tool for Kids

There are certain videos uploaded in Youtube.com which require a registration account to be viewed. Well usually those videos are restricted; whether it contains violent, indecent or obscene acts. This is due to the prevention of avoiding kids from watching such videos because it may lead to certainties from being influenced. However kids can always register for a fake account as well. 

Nowadays there is a special site which is a Youtube mainly for kids which is www.youtubeforchildren.com. In this site, children can observe various videos of games, songs or other sorts of videos which lead kids to positive act of influence. They can learn varieties from there which doesn't involve aggression or being exposed to seduction at such age.

The Layout for www.youtubeforchildren.com

It is filtered and a more safer way to watch Youtube videos.

Getting kids to watch videos and learn/ get information from this site is rather more satisfying for parents. They wouldn't have to be worried of what their kids are searching online, instead they are on the safe side and site. 

This site is similar to Youtube.com, but it isn't owned by the Youtube admin. I think it is a better way for kids to observe videos from this site if compared to Youtube. 

Reference: http://www.youtubeforchildren.com/

how does facebook influences parents and kids this days?

 

   The widespread of internet usage of children this days have attracted criticism such as how it has effected the quality relationship between parents and children. As the internet is playing an important role in todays generation, parents should be computer savvy to avoid unwanted difficulty to connect themselves with their childs internet language usage.

   Lately there are many parents registering themselves on Facebook to connect themselves with their children as friends. This way would help parents to track on whereabout their kids are and who are his/her peers and also by checking on the communication between their friends on facebook. Not only that, parents are adding his/her son's or daughter's friends so that if they child is not reachable they can get hold of their friends and this is with the use of facebook.

  Thus, parents should be more of an internet savvy to communicate the internet language with their kids to grow their relationship with one another. Facebook has its advantages as well as its disadvantages when it comes to privacy.

References : Welcome to Facebook : How does Facebook Influences Parents-Child Relationship[Online], Written by : Vivian Hsueh-Hua Chen, Tiffany Goh, Weiyi Li

         URL : http://goo.gl/d5lkB

Kids Being Antisocial (Malay Translation)

SKRIP PODCAST
Salam sejahtera dan selamat datang ke podcast saya. Nama saya Keith Jason Pinto dan topic yang akan disebarkan ialah tentang "Kanak-Kanak dan Internet".


Kanak-kanak kini makin ekstrem dan lebih maju apabila apabila menggunakan internet. Bukan sahaja dengan penggunaan komputer, hari ini mereka sering menggunakan peranti seperti ipad iphone, dan banyak lagi untuk melayari internet. Lebih-lebih lagi, kita dapat memerhatikan bahawa mereka log masuk ke facebook dan rangkaian laman sosial lain-lain untuk berkomunikasi dengan rakan-rakan mereka, bukannya menghabiskan masa berkualiti dengan keluarga.


Anda lihat, perbuatan ini haruslah dikawal. Jika tidak, mereka akan menghadapi kesusahan dalam perbualan dan mencari kawan-kawan yang baru di masa hadapan.


Apa lagi, jika tindakan tidak diambil, situasi ini akan makin serius, malah akan jadi influinsi mungkin pada tahap yang lebih ekstrem.


Dalam pandangan saya, pelayaran kanak-kanak ke internet bukannya harus diberhentikan, tetapi ia hanya perlu kawalan daripada keluarga mereka.


Terima Kasih


PODCAST SCRIPT


Welcome to my podcast. My name is Keith Jason Pinto and the topic which will be spread is regarding "Kids and the Internet.


Kids these days are more extreme and more advanced when using the Internet. Not only with the aid of computer, today they do use other sorts of devices such as ipad, iphone, and many more to access the Internet. Moreover, we could observe kids such that they log into Facebook and other social networking sites to interact with their friends, and not spend quality time with their family.


You see, this sort of act should be taken care of. If not, they will face trouble in socializing and also making new friends in the future to come.


What more, if this doesn't resolve, the situation will result more serious, thus it will be a big influence in a more extreme level.


In my opinion, accessibility to the Internet doesn't have to stop entirely, but it should be balanced out by their parents.


Thank You.

What to look forward in an internet filter software?

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Eṉṉa oru iṇaiya vazhikaṭṭi meṉporuḷai eppōtum muṉṉōkki sella
Petṟōrkal kaṭṭuppāṭu meṉporuḷ neruṅkiya todarpu matṟum oru sampantappaṭṭa petṟōr arppaṇippuḷḷa īdhupādhu pathilāka muṭiyāthu. Iṅdru siṟanta petṟōr kaṭṭuppāṭṭu meṉporuḷ tērteṭukkum pōthu naām payaṉpadhutum aḷavukōlkaḷai sila athāvathu athaṉ amsa toghuppu, iṇṭerneṭ meṉporuḷ miṉṉañchal vaṭippikku, ‘pāp’ tadhuppukaḷ maṟṟum arathai aṟai kaṇkāṇippu pōṉdṟa athaṉ sakti vāintha amsaṅkaḷ iṉdṟu valai vaṭikaṭṭi tiṭdaṅkaḷ kidaikka karuvikaḷ, ethirāka pāthukākka maṟṟum ākkramippu, ‘online’ aābāsa eṉdṟa tantiraṅkaḷil etirkkum vadivamaikkappaṭṭuḷḷatu. Vadhikaiyalarkalin peddlers matrun pira kondrunnikalum Maṭṭum siṟanta petṟōr meṉporuḷaka mikavum katthupaduthapaddullathu . Pala kuḻantaikaḷ taṅggaḷ petṟōr viṭa kaṇiṉi payaṉpāṭṭai mikavum vasatiyāka iruppatāl iraṇdāvatu aḷavukōlkaḷai eḷimaiyaka payanpathukirarkal .Payaṉuḷḷathāka irukkum poruddhu, iṇaiya vaṭikaṭṭal meṉporuḷ, payaṉpaṭutta eḷithāṉa uḷḷuṇarvu maṟṟum athika parāmaripphu nēram tēvaiyillai enbhu ithin artham. Mūṉdṟāvathu petṟōr kaṭṭuppāṭṭu meṉporuḷiṉ kūṟappaṭukiṟatu, eṅkaḷai patṟi solkiṟatu enta payaṉum aḷavukōlkaḷai vaṭikaṭṭal vēṇdum, athu avarkaḷukku poruttamāaṉa uḷḷaṭakkattai aṇukha aṉumatikkum pōthu payaṉarkaḷ ēnṟdu koḷḷa muṭiyātavai eṉdṟu uḷḷaṭakkattai tadhuppatai tiṟaṉ irukka vēṇdum. siṟanta petṟōr kaṭṭuppāṭṭu meṉporuḷ kūṭa poruṭpaṭuttāmal avarkaḷ eḻutiya mozhi patṟiya maṟukkakkūdiya taḷaṅkaḷ tadukka mudiyum. Iṟutiyāka inaiyam vazhikaṭṭi meṉporuḷ maṟṟum muṟaiyāṉa mēṟpārvaiyiṉ mūlam, avarkaḷiṉ petṟōr iṉṉum tiṟamai mikka maṟṟum uṟutiyāṉa ‘pōrṉōkirāpi oṉliṉe’ ūṉuṇṇikaḷai maṟṟum madṟa viṟpaṉaiyāḷarkaḷ kuṭumpaṅkaḷ pātukāppākka vaittirukka muṭiyum.

What to look forward in an internet filter software

Parental control software will never replace the close interaction and dedicated involvement of a concerned parent. Here are some of the criteria we used when  selecting the best parental control software. Firstly, its feature set which means, Internet  filter software has its powerful  features like email filtering, popup blocking and chat room monitoring are among the tools available with today's web filter programs, each designed to protect against and counteract the tactics of aggressive, online porn peddlers and other predators. Not only that, the best parental control software is highly customizable. Second criteria would be ease of use which means, additional reality is required because many kids are far more comfortable with computer usage than their parents. That means that in order to be useful, internet filter software has to be easy to use, intuitive and not require much maintenance time. Third criteria would be Filtering Effectiveness which tells us about, no matter what else is said of parental control software, it must be effective in blocking content that is unacceptable for users while allowing them to access content which is appropriate. Excellent parental control software can also block objectionable sites regardless of the language in which they’re written. Lastly, with internet filter software and proper supervision, parents can keep their families safe from ever more resourceful and persistent pornography vendors and other online predators. These efforts can help the internet reach its potential as the greatest communications medium ever while avoiding some of its greatest dangers.

References : Internet Safety: Content Filtering Software for Kids [Online]
URL : http://securityorb.com/2010/08/internet-safety-content-filtering-software-for-kids/

Kids and the Internet Privacy

Kids and privacy. Adults may think its not something that important as to the cliche thoughts - why do kids need privacy? There's nothing they have to be private off.

     Well, in contrary to that, the internet does not look at it that way. It preys on kids as they are vulnerable to a lot of content through the internet. Businesse target kids and believe it or not, kids are an essential contribution to the market out there. Yes, they really are. Parents see the need to please their child upon them stumbling into any of their favourite toy or book and so on. Internet advertising, online chatrooms and social networking sites have a way of invading into their privacy and violate them as target audience. How do they work? Its as simple as the little information kids fill up such as name, gender, and so on. Marketers buy their personal informations. Easy deal.

    Kids safe sites exist to ensure that their personal information do not get extracted and end up in wrong hands. In fact, there has been laws put up to ensure the safety of kids and their privacy on the internet such as, COPA (Child Online Protection Law).  Yes, there are laws billed up but are they actually making a difference? There are reports over the years suggesting otherwise but on the other side of the bridge, would things be worse if such laws weren't done? Privacy is for every man. Including a child. Its just my point of view, what is yours? Feel free to comment, afterall, opinions matter.