Communication on the Web

Internet used for communication allows us to get messages out quicker and more efficiently regardless of our location.  There are many tools that students, educators, family members and the community can use to communicate with one another. Remember, do not give out any personal information (full name, address, phone number, photographs, name of school, etc…).

 

E-mail

Send a letter to a friend, parent or to anyone else. Skip the 37cent stamp and do it via e-mail.

 Hotmail
http://hotmail.com
Provided by Microsoft, this is web-based free e-mail that offers 250MB of storage

 GMail
http://www.gmail.com
Provided through Google, this is web-based free e-mail that offers 2.6GB of storage!

Yahoo Mail
http://mail.yahoo.com
Provided through Yahoo!, this is web-based free e-mail.

 

Instant Messaging

Talk to your friends on-line instantly. Although emotions are hard to detect on the internet so when you’re joking, make sure you make your friends aware.

AOL Instant Messenger
http://aim.com
This free application allows you to chat, share photos and more with other AOL members and AIM users on-line. AOL member profiles are not accessible to AIM members and vice versa.
 

Yahoo Instant Messenger
http://messenger.yahoo.com/
This free application allows you to chat, share photos and more with other yahoo members.

ICQ
http://www.icq.com
This free application allows you to chat with other ICQ members.

 

Chat Rooms

Talk to your friends and talk to new people on-line in a group. Many chat-rooms have particular topics to discuss.

Kid Chatroom Service
http://www.kidchatters.com/
This provides free kid-safe chat rooms for ages 9-13.

Kids Com
http://www.kidscom.com/chat/chat.html
This provides free kid-safe chat rooms. 

Kids Turn Central
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/chat.htm
This provides free kid-safe chat rooms during established hours.

 

Blogs

Blogs, short for web logs. Post journals and ideas for which your friends can respond.

Bebo
www.bebo.com
This is a free blogger where you can set it up so only your friends can view your profile and leave messages, making it safer for you.

Blogger
http://www.blogger.com/
This is a free blogger where you can set it so that only registered users can post messages.

My Space
http://www.myspace.com/
This is a free blogger where only your approved friends can post comments.

 

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Last Updated:
11 April 2006

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