Monday, October 23, 2000		Cyber Kids

Teach yourself computers

Hello kids and welcome to the cyber world. Let’s travel together through the Web world and see all lovely sites that are waiting for us.

For young kids who are novice to the computer world, this is an excellent download. It is a complete tutorial with lesson plans that will teach computer elementary. So go ahead and learn the basics of computers using colourful characters & lesson plans that this training module has.

Suddenly this e jargon seems to be gripping everything around us. Be it e-mail or e-commerce or e-greeting, don’t you think it is e-nough. Join the gang and save the letter with the Society for the Preservation of the other 25 Letters of the Alphabet. Visit their site at http://www.persistence.com/e-nough and add your e-thoughts to it.

Divali time! Forgot to send greetings? Don’t worry. As it is, it is a generation of e-greetings. Find a wide range to choose from, yes more than 20 sections and a choice of more than 3000 cards.

Learn programming computers — from the inside of an animated game-like world. Master Toon Talk and create a wide range of programs by understanding computational ideas in terms of concrete analogs. Learn to train robots, give birds messages to deliver, to construct new houses all in the animated way. Manipulate the things, the way you want. And hey, you’ve suddenly mastered the art of programming.

Space kids live on the moon with their grandpa, who is a famous space explorer. Grandpa goes to the earth on an expedition but does not return. So space kids go to look for him. Their journey is an interactive cartoon designed as a series of short stories filled with dreamlike world of adventure, excitement and suspense. Colourful characters, strong villains, exciting climaxes are sure to steal your heart away. What’s more, the story will change depending on the actions and decisions. But no matter which story line you follow, you’ll always find a complete and a happy ending. A heart-warming story about friendship and responsibility for all our little readers.

An excellent site for students who want to learn to paint and draw. With various sections as pen & ink, watercolour and colour pencil, learning can suit your interest. Each section has a brief on the medium and a tutorial on producing the artwork.

Lycos is one of the oldest search engines on the Web. And the kids’ section at Lycos is really cool with lots of "zones" such as the games zone, a fun zone, a playground and a homework zone. You can use the search box to type a word and find surprise after surprise.

A sober looking portal for not very little kids. With lots of categories to explore, you will come across Tweencyclopedia, which will give you lots & lots of information on sports, science, geography and other subjects. No, No, this is not all work and no play. There are lots of activities and games to play, music to listen and puzzles to solve.