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I am still working on this article on virtual worlds in education, an ran across this report from January 26, 2009. According to Virtual Worlds Management, more than 200 youth-oriented worlds are currently live or in development. This is an increase from 150 known youth-oriented virtual worlds in August of 2008.
I pulled the listing into a spread sheet and did a little inquiry. Here are some of the things I found:
- 38 of the virtual worlds products are explicitely intended for children six and younger.
- Two are being developed in Australia, 2 in Belgium, 8 in Canada, 2 in China, 3 in Denmark, 4 in Finland, 2 in France, 4 in Germany, 3 in Israel, 5 in Japan, 4 in Korea, 2 in Spain, 2 in Sweden, 14 in the UK, and 126 in the U.S.
- One is in Alpha, 10 are in closed beta, 36 are in open beta, 7 are in concept, and 26 are under development. Most of the rest are live.
“200+ Youth-Oriented Worlds Live or Developing.” Virtual Worlds Management. 2 Feb 2009. Show Initiative, LLC. 26 Jan 2009 <http://www.virtualworldsmanagement.com/2009/youth-01-26-2009.html>.
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Hi! I didn’t try out this website but I have another website to show you. It is called Fantage.com
You can make your own avatar, chat, and play games. It should be a great website! Hope you like it.
I was really hoping to see Club Time Machine take off. I don’t think it has quite yet.
there are lots of virtual worlds available online that claim they are safe for kids and do not allow harmful content to get to kids but i guess there are very few that really uphold the advocacy of kid-safe internet. i think as parents, we should look at this issue seriously. i tried subscribing my 8 year old to some of the games online like sqwish, moshi, cp, and ekidnaworld and so far, i am satisfied with all them especially the safety features of ekidnaworld.com (http://www.ekidnaworld.com).