SB+Review

SecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends. Three features which form the backdrop for SecretBuilders distinguish it from other online worlds:
 * Children **learn** through immersing themselves in the stories, themes, and concepts from the best in literature, arts and humanities. They will interact with famous historical and fictional figures and be introduced to content and characters from world civilization and the great thoughts and ideas of human creativity.
 * Children will **create** this site, not just consume it. They are directly involved in creating this world with their ideas, critiques and contributions on virtually every aspect of the site and many of their ideas will be implemented!
 * Children **publish** their works – writings, art, videos – making SecretBuilders their own personal store of creativity. They can invite friends and family to view their works, and comment upon them. Seeing their works published and enjoyed by others instills tremendous for self-confidence as well as motivation to do more.

There is an area for kids to go in and do a tutorial prior to playing

Part of the blurb to parents includes: 'At SecretBuilders, children hob knob with Mozart, go on quests with Galileo, visit Shakespeare's home, collect dinosaur bones, publish their writings in our online magazine, become toy inventors, and build out our virtual world with their own ideas and activities.' Cultural, Educational and Creative Benefits include: meeting famous characters, doing creative writing, and art activities, completing quests, taking part in contests, developing computer literacy and logic skills. The teacher blub contains: 'We are thrilled to welcome you to a growing community of teachers who care about how their students engage in new technology and learning tools, and take just a few moments each day to reward their efforts to aquire new knowledge using these tools. In an online world full of Chocolate Fudge, we are proud to be a Nutritious Cheerio™ a deliciously healthy alternative for kids!'

In the kids area, when you save it sends you of to Facebook - to share.