ALKHOBAR, 29 August 2006 — There are some places that grown-ups don’t belong and Sanriotown (www.sanriotown.com), the official online home of Hello Kitty and friends, is a place just for kids. Sanriotown is a community websiite that provides free e-mail on unique @hellokitty.com accounts. Sanriotown also provides message boards, downloads, games and more. The site has just been upgraded to include special “Hello Kitty” content such as video clips, computer desktop icons, printable calendars, themed browser designs, wallpapers and e-cards. Also available are downloadable animation trailers, coming attractions, interviews with Hello Kitty designers and much more content, that can be found nowhere else. So if you’re a Hello Kitty fan, this site is definitely “the Cat’s Meow” for you.
Please, don’t turn the page if you’re not a kitty fan. Instead, click to GameJump.com and download some free games for your mobile phone. The site has 75 new, branded and classic games, and is adding more all the time. Action games include Pirates Ahoy, Ghost Hunter RPG and Adventure Boy in Zooloo Land. Puzzle games are available for Sudoku, Bubble Trouble, Capjong, Spellboys and Brick Annoyed. Sports games include racing, football, golf and boardsport games. All ages games to download are Amy’s Adventure, Ancient Ruins 1, 2 and 3, Kid Paddle, Townsmen 1, 2 and 3, and Townsmen Racing.
The games are available directly from the GameJump.com website or if browsing the web using a mobile phone, access the site through http://gjmp.tw. The games are compatible with most handsets and carriers worldwide. While the games are free from GameJump.com, the telecom provider will charge for data usage when downloading is in progress.
Now that you’ve had some fun, it’s time to turn to a more serious topic — math. Everybody’s got to learn math but let’s face it, most math classes are boring. So dump that droning teacher and squeaky chalk, and turn to “The Mathematics Survival Kit: Maple Edition,” from Maplesoft. This e-book, which is based on Maple, an intuitive tool for solving complex mathematical problems, taps the power of interactive technology to create a much more valuable resource for college and high school students than a print-only textbook.
Based on the popular book, “The Mathematics Survival Kit”, published by Thomson Nelson, the e-book was written by award-winning teacher Jack Weiner. It provides students with quick, concise and friendly five-minute reviews of 115 mathematical concepts, allowing them to navigate through challenging homework assignments with greater ease. By combining standard first-year university calculus and algebra curricula and high school course outlines, with his 30 years of teaching experience, Weiner identifies those topics that both university and high school students find most problematic. He also offers two great strategies — “How to Get an A in Math” and “How to Get Extra Help” — for tackling those concepts in a step-by-step fashion.
Features of the interactive Mathematics Survival Kit: Maple Edition include short introductions to mathematical concepts, followed by straight-forward examples. There are also interactive, randomly-generated questions for each topic, where a student may fill in the answer, press a button and instantly learn if he or she is right. If the answer is incorrect, the student is then automatically directed to review the appropriate example. The e-book also provides hints and extensive use of graphical models in the questions, answers and feedback to the student. The Mathematics Survival Kit: Maple Edition is currently available for $29 from the Maplesoft web store at http://webstore.maplesoft.com.
Math is a serious subject but there’s another even more serious topic that kids need to be informed about. Personal safety is important to everyone and kids need to understand how to be safe in the world. There’s a new safety system called OnGuard Kids that combines an attractive digital watch with a 110 decibel emergency alarm and SOS signal that can be activated by the wearer in the event of an emergency or an uncomfortable situation. Packaged with the watch is an educational DVD hosted by family safety expert, Bob Stuber.
In the educational program, Stuber teaches young people how to use the watch to draw attention and offers positive advice and proactive actions for kids who find themselves in unsafe situations. Each OnGuard Kids system comes with three interchangeable decorative faceplates and a snap-on safety flashlight so kids can personalize the watch and make it more fun to wear.
OnGuard Kids is available in two styles, a youth watch for boys and girls ages 5-8 and a pre-teen version for boys and girls ages nine and up, priced at $39.95. For more information about the OnGuard Kids personal safety alert system, visit www.OnGuardKids.com.
