Impressing Web safety on kids through online games Teaching Internet safety to kids is a challenge, not only because the subject is considered an adult topic, but mostly because Netiquette lectures in the classroom tend to be plain boring. It's far easier to introduce the subject through interactive games and online quizzes that are tailor-made for kids. Click on the round graphic, which changes to an ear, to hear the question. Good for new readers and the visually impaired.
Kids have to answer questions and unscramble clues and words to get the correct answers.
Covers downloading, Web addresses, viruses, flaming, personal information, passwords, being polite online, and cookies. If kids answer incorrectly, the quiz takes them back to previous answers and explanations in order to help them understand the correct answer. The tipline is co-sponsored by the FBI, the U.S. Post Office, and the U.S. Customs Service. For columnist, is a librarian and President of Information Age Consultants.