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YouAreHere – where kids learn to be smarter consumers!
“In our virtual mall, you can play games, design ads, chat with customers and store owners, and much more. You’ll learn key consumer concepts, such as how advertising affects you, how you benefit when businesses compete, how (and why) to protect your information, and how to spot scams. What better place to do it than at the mall!
Each area of the mall focuses on a different topic. To enter, choose an area. In the mall, scroll over a store to find out more about it, then click to go inside. You can also use the Mall Map or the options at the bottom of the screen to navigate.
-Visit the West Terrace to learn about advertising techniques, target marketing, suspicious claims, and more.
-Visit the Food Court to learn about business competition, supply and demand, the history of the FTC, and mergers and monopolies.
-Visit the Security Plaza to learn about protecting your privacy (online and off), and protect the citizens of Earth against identity-stealing invaders.
-Visit the East Terrace to learn about bogus modeling offers, “free” vacations, “miracle” products, and tip-offs to rip-offs. “ -
Interesting view of social network usage on a world map …
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Building a Social Learning Environment: Comparison
“Chart compares 3 different ways of building a social learning environment”
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“Wordnik is the most comprehensive dictionary in the known universe.”
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.