Monday, October 6, 2008
Youth Bloggers Network - A Place for Young Bloggers
Site:www.youthbloggers.net
Genre: Community site and forum
I was invited to check out the YBN by the founder and admin Patrick DeVivo. Patrick is a 14 year old blogger living in NYC. The site is not without flaws, but Patrick has done a great job putting the site together, and I believe it can be a place for kid bloggers to share ideas and connect with others.
When I first visited, I looked around, saw a few other young blogger names I know, and found the forum easy to use, so I registered. Getting started was easy. The profile section is fine, and lets you list several IM's, but I'd like to see some more fields to add things like my twitter account: twitter.com/KidReviewer.
There are some glitches in the navigation, as I found Patrick's bio, but then couldn't find how to get back to it again, but overall I had no problem finding the forum. Patrick says he reduced the ads, and I think he has a good balance of space. I encourage other kid bloggers to check out the Youth Blogger Network, and participate. Patrick is a huge fan of Wordpress, and can probably help other kid bloggers with some tips. Right now he's running a contest with a prize of a Black Omni Wordpress theme.
Way to go, Patrick!
Labels: kid bloggers, kid blogs, youth bloggers
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Mandles, Web Kaleidoscope, and Kid Blogger Snakeking
I saw this video commercial for Mandles! at RingtailSquealer, where I think 'The Mrs' got it from collegehumor.com. Whatever, it's funny:
ZeFrank.com always delivers. This time, a virtual Kaliedoscope. Good for wasting at least 10 minutes of your life amusing your eyeballs.
Shout out to 12 year SnakeKing, another Kid Blogger does his thing!
Labels: humor, kid blogs, online games
Friday, July 25, 2008
Welcome Kid Blogger: Zawan
Welcome Zawan, of Sudan, to the community of kid bloggers! Your Zawan's Blog is coming along well and has a good mix of topics. I encourage other kid bloggers to add Zawan to your list of sites to check out. And thanks for the KidReviewer mention.
Labels: kid bloggers, kid blogging, kid blogs
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Kudos for a nice review
Don Williams just wrote a very nice review of the KidReviewer blog, so I gotta give him a shout out --- Thankee! Don writes a blog that covers Macs, apple computers, and iphones. According to his virtual map, he has visitors from all over the globe.
Thanks again, Don!
If you post a review of this blog, let me know so I can pay a visit. In the mean time, can someone please tell me what the heck is up with this video??? They can't be serious. This is beyond understanding. If you 'get it', clue me in, puhleeze...
Labels: kid blogs, Nick Chatter, video
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Kid Blogs Added
I just added a couple more kid blogs to the "Kid Blogs and Kid Bloggers" post:
Meghna's Pages - original stories and more
Deron's Adventures - stories, reports, fun stuff
Super Money Kid - also by Daren, lots of ad stuff
Labels: kid bloggers, kid blogging, kid blogs
Friday, July 27, 2007
Things I Don't Like Girls to Do
They just posted my latest contribution at gnmparents.com. The article is titled Things I Don’t Like Girls to Do . I really like all kinds of girls, but I might get a few comments that disagree with my post. Yes, I know that boys have their faults too...maybe I'll write about that another time. If you write a blog post about that topic and include a link to Kid Reviewer, let me know and I'll link back to you from here.
Thanks for all your ideas of what I might write about for that parents blog, or this one. Keep 'em coming.
PS - Slusho Zoom!
Labels: girls, kid blogs, Nick Chatter, rants
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Kid Blogs and Kid Bloggers
When I started blogging, I thought it would be cool to make connections with other kid bloggers. But when I looked for them they were hard to find. (I didn't count blogs like on myspace, where the site isn't really blog, but just a place to network and tag each other.)
Anywho...I figured if I had a hard time finding kid bloggers, maybe other people did too. I even saw comments about that. So, I looked, and put my dad to work looking, at google, yahoo, technorati, etc. We searched for "kid blogs", "kid bloggers", and more. There are also alot of blogs by adults who use 'kid' in their name, like Three Kid Circus, which is a nice parent blog. So those had to be cleaned out.
I left in some kid blogs that were abandoned, because they looked like a good try, and someone might want to see the way they did it. It's cool to see kid bloggers from all over the planet. I hope to meet some of them someday.
Below is my kid blog list, separated into three groups. The top group have good designs and lots of good posts, and almost all are high school age. In fact, 1 or 2 might be in college but still 17 yrs old. The second group are entertaining, a younger crowd, but very nice job.
Best kid blogs
www.blog.ethanbodnar.com/ - very creative, general & tech
www.tech-buzz.net/ - tech
www.carlocab.com/ - making money online
juniorproblogger.com/ - general, entertaining
www.techzi.net/ - tech
www.jessicamah.com/blog/ - business, life
bllindgrls.officiallydumb.com/blog/ - tech
Good, entertaining kid blogs
lilbeck.blogspot.com/ - general, life
nygel-kachow.blogspot.com/ - general, entertainment
nygelnniles.i.ph/ - general, school
ottrworld.blogspot.com/ - general
darcysoccerblog.blogspot.com/ - general, life
www.downdogproductions.com/kidblog/ - general
someandrew.com/ - tech
jakeslifeandview.blogspot.com/ - general, google
happydadan.wordpress.com/tag/musings-of-a-5-year-old/ - general
theastronomykid.blogspot.com/ - general, scouts
aidanhatch.blogspot.com - general
Good kid blog start, but some problems
girlswurl.blogspot.com/ - general, outdated
toowoo.blogspot.com/ - general, outdated
worldofevan.blogspot.com/ - creative writing, outdated
www.homeschoolblogger.com/KidBlogger/ - general, outdated
www.homeschoolblogger.com/superkid/ - general, outdated
coolcatkid.blogspot.com/ - general, outdated
emotionalkidsblog.blogspot.com/ - music, emo, new
Kid Blogs Added since this post:
Meghna's Pages - original stories and more
Deron's Adventures - stories, reports, fun stuff
Super Money Kid - also by Daren, lots of ad stuff
If you know of other good kid blogs, let me know and I will check them out to add to this list.
OH! I almost forgot - There were alot of good kid blogs and blog posts in CLASSROOM BLOGS. I have them on a separate list and will post that separately.
Labels: kid bloggers, kid blogging, kid blogs, Nick Chatter
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
3 Things Not to get me for My Birthday
I was recently asked to contribute regularly at www.gnmparents.com, a great blog for parents. For my first post, I wrote about what I would NOT want for my birthday. The crazy thing is that #1 on my list was not to get a haircut, but then a week after submitting it I got my hair cut and dyed!I'm putting some ideas together for next month's post at Grasshopper News Media, and I'd love your ideas. What would parents want to hear about from a 13 year old kid blogger?
Labels: kid blogs, Nick Chatter, writing
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Kid Blogging
Lifehack.org had a good post about the reasons for kids to blog. Parents should check it out.
World of Evan is by a creative 6 year old, although I'm not sure if he's still blogging. It has stories he's created.
Another is Aiden Hatch . Aiden’s last post was a few fav songs; here are a few groups I’m into right now:
Pink Spiders
Panic at the Disco
Fallout Boy
Labels: kid bloggers, kid blogging, kid blogs, Nick Chatter
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Announcing a New Voice for the Blogosphere
Me at 10. Hold on to your popcorn. This place is about to get kid-whacked.
Labels: book, kid blogs, Nick Chatter
