Posts Tagged with ‘bbc’

I Predict News Junkies And Plenty Of Them! 
U.S. teachers are utilizing Internet news more than any other source in presenting news to their students. Fifty seven percent of teachers use Internet based news. A study based on news use in the classroom surveyed 1,262 teachers in grades 5-12 in the fall of 2006. The study was released Monday by the Carnegie-Knight Task Force on the Future of Journalism Education.
These numbers compare to 31 percent teacher use of television news and 28 [...]

The BBC announced yesterday that their affiliate CBBC is developing an online virtual world for children. CBBC is a channel for 7-12 year old children, and the new plans will allow digitally capable children to access virtual character avatars. The children will be able to create the characters and build an online presence with an array of resources aimed at the age group.
CBBC World bosses said that this new world would not have the financial aspects of other virtual worlds [...]

“It is the latest Internet scare story to confront parents - online paedophiles posing as teenagers, attempting to exploit young surfers.
Mindful of the public's concern, MySpace, the most popular of these sites, has confirmed it is working on software to keep parents informed about what their children are doing on the net.
The project, codenamed Zephyr, would alert parents to the name, age and location details entered by the youngster on the profile of his or her homepage. Even [...]

Reuters: London, January 11, 2007 12:01 pm ET - The British Broadcasting Corporation announced plans to develop its online social networking presence with sites built around the company’s brands. The BBC aims to capitalize on the recent popularity of communities like MySpace, and other social networking platforms.
No time frame or particulars were announced by the BBC spokeswoman, but the release did say the company would be working over the next year to enter this venue. The BBC brands Good Food [...]

I think it’s safe to say, I can consider myself a bit of a Web 2.0 geek now. I’ve been working at Profy for the past couple of months, and three weeks ago I was interviewed by the BBC who wanted to do an interview with me on BBC Radio Five Live, about my experiences blogging, and they wanted my opinion on Web 2.0. I explained exactly what I did (blogging about Web 2.0, gadgets, technology, the computers and the internet), [...]