Jaimie's+Tween+Internet+Users

So, I've decided to focus on "tween" internet usage. I found this website called Whyville which is a virtual reality space for teens and pre-teens. They can become "citizens" and interact with each other through there avatars. So far I'm pretty confused how it all works, but it's been pretty entertaining so far.

This is my avatar in Whyville

There weren't many options when creating your virtual person, and in order to get better face parts, clothes, jewelry, etc. you need to have clams. You can earn clams by playing games and doing jobs. You also can chat with other people on Whyville, but before I could do that I had to earn my chat license..by answering 7 questions, mostly saftey questions and about what to do in certain situations.

This is the map of WhyVille. So many places to go!!



It took me awhile to figure out how to earn clams, and I played a few games thinking that I was going to earn clams but I didn't, and still am not too sure why. This swimming game is one that I played. You had to hit the Left, Right and Down arrows continuously in order to move your arms and kick your legs. It took me 87 seconds to get across the pool the first time, and 59 the 2nd.



I also tried to play Checkers and when I got put in the room it said to sit on the cushion to play and I couldn't figure out how to move to the cushion so I just kept clicking and then this bubble popped up that said "Sorry, too much gratuitous bashing" and then I was sent out of the room.




 * Clams vs. Pearls**



Mail -- Forums -- Salary -- Bank Accounts -- Satchel -- Visit House -- WhyPets -- Pearls -- Safety Tools -- Whyville Times

This little car takes you anywhere you want to go on the site..



After 3 days you can start to chat with people. I don't really understand how it works yet. You chat in the little bubbles and a lot of times it says "_ __is whispering to__ _" so I'm trying to figure out what the means.