WebWiseKids

Have your children played our BeSeen app yet? BeSeen is our free mobile app designed to simulate an online social network for kids. By playing BeSeen, youth can subliminally learn how to be responsible on social networks through navigating fictional situations that test their judgment on private and...

A report from eSchool News came out which lists the top ten ways that schools can teach students about Internet safety. The number one method to teach kids is to use games, and Web Wise Kids is listed as a resource. You can read the rest of the report here. (were featured on pages 53 and 70). For...

We are proud to announce that our BeSeen game has been selected as an award finalist by the Pittsburgh Technology Council! This year’s fourth annual DATA Awards Event is part of the Creative Technology Network, developed with the generous support of the Benedum Foundation. Called Pittsburgh’s biggest...

Facebook has been considering lifting its age restriction on accounts and opening up its accounts to kids. (for more information, you can read this article. If the FCC “okays” this move, it could be an important help for parents with tweens. As the article says, millions of tweens are online under false...

Our BeSeen app was featured in SecretlyNetwork.coms blog about best mobile applications for kids! Web Wise Kids is honored to be listed by Secretly Networking as a recommendation for Best Apps for Kids, and we are delighted to be included with so many other great apps.

With our BeSeen app gaining a lot of attention during the last several weeks-- especially since we launched an ad in USA Today-- wed like to take a moment to thank our sponsors--CTIA Wireless Foundation, Carnegie Mellon University, Verizon Foundation-- without whom BeSeen would have never been possible...

Our BeSeen App is an online safety mobile application that simulates a social networking website. The player creates a profile and starts earning “friend” characters and interacting with them. They learn about others through their posts and help them through challenges in order to win awards and make...

You Said It. BeSeen Has Global Appeal! Word Is Spreading About The New BeSeen Lesson Materials! Its only been a few weeks since we created a download page for the new BeSeen lesson materials on the Web Wise Kids website. But in that short time, heres what weve seen: * We had 110 downloads...

BeSeen is our mobile phone app we created in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University. The game is designed to be played on a mobile phone and simulates a social network. It was designed to teach kids how to be responsible on social networks like Facebook, by securing their private and personal information...

We designed our BeSeen app to teach youth about how to safely navigate their way through social networks online. BeSeen simulates a social network and immerses youth in situations that are much like what they will encounter, or already dealing with, in real life. But we also designed BeSeen with teachers...