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Todbaker bookmarked on 2009-05-04 browsers onlinesafety wyb

KIDO’Z is a pretty nifty Adobe AIR-powered desktop browser app that gives kids a safe and fun environment to play games, watch videos and/or visit pre-approved websites.

  • and/or visit pre-approved websites
    • todbaker
      Todbaker on 2009-05-04
      Could improve information searching. Often Google displays too many results. It can be overwhelming.
  • What’s nice is that all these settings are taken into account at a content level, so KIDO’Z automatically caters the media it think is most suited for your kid(s) at first launch.
    • todbaker
      Todbaker on 2009-05-04
      Could customize by grade level.
  • To use the app, kids won’t need to know how to read or write since obviously the whole UI is quite visual of nature, and very colorful to boot.
    • todbaker
      Todbaker on 2009-05-04
      Effective for emerging readers and ELL.

This link has been bookmarked by 3 people . It was first bookmarked on 04 May 2009, by Tod Baker.

  • 09 May 09
    mrspraul
    Mr. Spraul

    browser internet kids

  • 05 May 09
    lsinrc
    Lennie Symes

    Tel Aviv, Israel-based KIDO’Z is taking a crack at it by launching its custom media browser for kids today, so if you have any young children who use the internet on a regular basis, you might want to give this one a whirl.

    KIDO’Z is a pretty nifty Adobe

    browser safety kids comeback2this

  • 04 May 09
    todbaker
    Tod Baker

    KIDO’Z is a pretty nifty Adobe AIR-powered desktop browser app that gives kids a safe and fun environment to play games, watch videos and/or visit pre-approved websites.

    browsers onlinesafety wyb

    • and/or visit pre-approved websites
      • Tod Baker

        Tod Baker on 2009-05-04

        Could improve information searching. Often Google displays too many results. It can be overwhelming.

    • What’s nice is that all these settings are taken into account at a content level, so KIDO’Z automatically caters the media it think is most suited for your kid(s) at first launch.
      • Tod Baker

        Tod Baker on 2009-05-04

        Could customize by grade level.

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