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By: Blogging Librarian » Blog Archive » Quick Links - “100 Books Every Child Should Read” and Other Stories - 23 February 2008

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:30:57 +0000

[...] - KerpoofWhat’s this you ask? Well, this is the children’s version of Facebook without the deluge of ignoring application invites. The site is for children to communicate and collaborate with each other online. And the site only allows kids that know each other to interact online. Interestingly, the company that runs Kerpoof says that more and more schools are using it in the US. I guess teachers are also making of online tools as much as librarians in engaging kids.(via Techcrunch) [...]

By: Mylenta

Mylenta — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:51:56 +0000

this site is fun.i am sure it will help kids to be more creative.i wish we had sites like this when we were kids!!!

By: Anthony Kuhn

Anthony Kuhn — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:03:06 +0000

I think any site that attempts to encourage creativity and group activities in this day of click and sit is a potential winner. I also like the password feature, as there are some reasons to be concerned with unsupervised online activities for kids these days. Not to be a “Chicken Little” or anything!

I linked to this piece at my blog for the Innovators-Network with hopes some of my readers with visit TechCrunch and read the whole piece.

Best wishes,

Anthony Kuhn

By: Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:24:09 +0000

OMG - this site rules, my 2 year old goes nuts over it (I can’t believe she can already use a mouse) - Go Kerpoof

By: Bali

Bali — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:10:05 +0000

Terrible name realy what is that?

By: Naren Pingle

Naren Pingle — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:06:31 +0000

It’s a great site for kids. this will give them a room for doing creative work and making new friends online. But the name doesn’t suits….it has to be something like kiddos’ or teenwebs

By: Heather, On Tech

Heather, On Tech — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:29:16 +0000

Kerpoof! Gets Funding…

I’ve mentioned Kerpoof a few times, and today I read on TechCrunch that they got funding of 1.5M. How cool is that? Congratulations to Krista and the gang! Funny, I…

By: Abhijit

Abhijit — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:58:12 +0000

I agree with pooja. This site will really make kids creative & it will make kids connect online for growing there network too.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:38:01 +0000

@Pharmacist: I don’t see any ads on the site.

@MS: I would hope the target audience of Doom is a little older… I know which one I’d want my child playing.

The art is great for the most part, and the scene choices are quite varied. As for the name, at least it’s memorable! =)

By: Pharmacist

Pharmacist — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:57:09 +0000

If the target market is kids then they will make a lot of money.
Children like to click on ads:D

By: james

james — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:49:41 +0000

NZ played too much ‘kerpoof’ & got wiped off the map!

By: pooja

pooja — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:12:11 +0000

this site is fun.i am sure it will help kids to be more creative.i wish we had sites like this when we were kids.

By: MS

MS — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:43:27 +0000

I would have hated this so much when I was a kid…call me unusual but playing “Doom” seemed like a lot more fun to me back then.

By: David

David — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:18:43 +0000

Another site where kids are collaborating together - in this case making games - is http://mygamebuilder.com

yes,.. this is a shameless plug, but it is related

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:57:09 +0000

Wonder what happened to NZ.

By: Burgo

Burgo — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:47:38 +0000

“Kerpoof”? Bit unfortunate, isn’t it?

By: No Surprise

No Surprise — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:06:32 +0000

Terrible name!

By: Cam

Cam — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:04:50 +0000

The same reason people think Russell Crowe is Australian.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:13:04 +0000

How come New Zealand always gets left off world maps?

By: Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:33:15 +0000

How cu-u-te, kids working on Starry Night….
Perhaps they just like those bigs balls of color