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Mokitown.net
Common Sense Media says
Traffic safety virtual world has filtered chat.
Parents say
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Kids say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this traffic safety-focused virtual world allows kids to chat with each other using either predetermined responses or through open channels, if they use the points they've earned on the site to purchase a "cell phone." The open chat is partially monitored and stays on topic and appropriate for tweens. Answering quizzes correctly and playing games wins mobility points, which can buy stuff for your avatar. There are no ads on the site, but it is sponsored by DaimlerChrysler.
What's it about?
Learning about traffic and road safety indoors -- away from any actual roads -- may seem a bit backward, but MOKITOWN.NET was designed to teach kids safety tips before they have to use them outside. The site encourages kids to be alert and aware at all times, which is reinforced through games, quizzes, and scenarios. Kids create and name an online moki (short for "mobile kids") that, as it treks around Mokitown, interacts with people and street crossings. Users learn to recognize -- and avoid -- dangers involving cars, bikes, pedestrians, and more. A robot named Benedikt sometimes appears to ask geography and traffic questions. Answer correctly and you win mobility points, which can buy stuff for your avatar.
Is it any good?
At first glance, the site may look like zany cartoon fun, but it has a serious traffic safety message. The games are some of the site's most fun features, and also, its biggest benefit -- after all, if kids make the wrong traffic safety choices during a game, it's better than them making a wrong guess at a real-life intersection.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about chat etiquette, Internet safety, and virtual worlds. What's the best way to approach a new person online? Why would someone be mean to someone he or she never met? What can you say or do if another avatar (or real-life person, for that matter) is mean to you? Why is using words a good way to deal with a conflict?
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Kid, 12 years old
April 9, 2008
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A perfect website for everyone
When I first joined I had lots of fun making new friends and exploring mokitown. It is very good if you want to sign up but are not sure whether you will like it or not so they have this thing where you visit as a guest.
Mokitown is good for learning road sense. You can shop for clothes and shoes. You can buy a mobile, skate board, scooter and a bike.
What would make it cooler though was if you could buy a car!!!
But overall its fantastic.
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AGE
uhhhhhhh
reel boring but pretty fun i geuss....... not that stupid but actually realy stupid!
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AGE
its a ghost town
well no ones on here it is bad
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coolest place
I like mokitown.net wait I love it it is soooooo cool I made a acount two months a go and I have played on it every day a can. come on a join the fun today!
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help ass
plz my child will be sad and she is sad now uhh! how we log in and sign in on mokitown oh if you no please help us my child is sooooo saaaad she think the site is coool
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AGE
love it so much i can play it everyday if i have to
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| Genre: | Virtual Worlds |
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