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Dizzywood Kids' World Launches

A new virtual world targeted at kids 8-12, Dizzywood, takes an edutainment focus, built around exploration adventures that are aimed at developing creative, cooperative and cognitive skills. In a "story-driven environment," young users are encouraged to create their own adventure stories, with customizable avatar characters geared for self-expression.

Kids participate in events and play minigames that earn their characters "super powers" and other rewards. They can chat, too, though the company says, "All interaction between players is strictly automated through safeguard technology filters and live moderators, which helps prevent personal identity and inappropriate content/language from being shared. Dizzywood is also COPPA compliant and free of advertising and external links to the Web."

"There are so many websites for kids, but we felt young people today deserved better," said Scott Arpajian, Dizzywood co-founder. "We wanted to create an environment that would open up kids' imaginations and inspire them to create. As a parent of young children myself, safety was also a concern, so we have integrated advanced filtering technology with live moderators that provide for a safe online environment."

Dizzywood is currently free, but says it will offer paid subscriptions in the future as an option to access premium content.

Posted by Leigh Alexander on November 8, 2007 12:11 PM |

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