An Accustream IMedia Research project in January reported that user-generated videos on US-based Web sites drew 22 billion views from users worldwide. Sites like YouTube have become some of the most visited websites on the Internet, frequented by both young and old users. However, one of the most common concerns about social media websites is that a lot of the content is deemed, rightfully so, inappropriate for children.
One website aims to address this problem by providing a safe online experience for toddlers, infants and preschoolers. Totlol is dubbed the YouTube for kids. In fact, it is powered by YouTube. However, all the content, which includes cartoons, kids movies and music videos, is chosen from YouTube via a Totlol interface and then moderated by parents before being added to the Totlol website.
While we would all like children to brought up reading Harry Potter books and playing ball outside, the reality is that the Web is today's playground of choice. What I quite like about this site is that it empowers parents to raise their children to use the Web wisely by exposing them to safe online communities and content. What better place to learn about the world wide web that home (instead of from the school playground).Â
As Josh Catone from ReadWriteWeb wrote, "Totlol is a cool idea, and the only children's video site that we know of that relies on parental screening to decide which videos to add to its database. With the number of computer savvy 6-year-olds on the rise, this site will probably be a hit among both parents and toddler alike."
Look out for toddlers demographics in forthcoming Internet usage surveys!
via Lifehacker
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