Working...
Search Engines
Visit http://www.edutopia.org/junior-clicks for more information about the following search engines.
- Overview: “This is a simpler version of Ask Jeeves combining age-appropriate content and filtering allowing kids to ask questions to narrow a search.”
- Overview: “This site is maintained by the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University in California.”
- Overview: “The site lists various kid-safe sites and blocks pornography and explicit sequel content.”
- Overview: “This site calls itself a “family-oriented site that restricts pornographic results.”
- Overview: “The child’s version of Yahoo! includes sites “handpicked” and checked by educators rather than filtered with technology — and targets ages seven to twelve.”
Works Cited
Lucas, Cheri. “Junior Clicks: Where Kids Can Go for Info | Edutopia.” K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies That Work | Edutopia. Web. 20 Jan. 2011. <http://www.edutopia.org/junior-clicks>.