MEDIA | NEWS ARTICLES

Over the last 5 years the Awards programme has generated considerable media attention. By profiling the Awards programme, and the individual winning projects, Childnet hopes to encourage "best practice" and draw attention to the individual winning projects.

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• Pauline Yeung: Children's Parliament
  

  New To The Net category winner in 2002. Click here to view the quicktime movie (7.3MB)

  
  
• Children show the potential of the Net 2 July 2002, i.e magazine
  The Cable & Wireless Childnet Awards celebrate what could be described as the "dot hope" effect of the Net. Stephen Carrick-Davies from the children's Internet charity, Childnet looks at the lessons we can all learn from children and teachers who are using the Net around the world to break down barriers of distance, language and lack of resources to inspire and bring hope to others... >>more
  
  
• Sisters see Web potential 5 June 2002
  As children increasingly take to the Internet, both as Web surfers and participants, questions arise about the educational benefits of building websites. Three Newcastle sisters - Emily, 19, Sarah, 17, and Elise Boyd, 13 - have recently leapt into leading roles in children's website development. Their site matmice.com allows children to design websites by following simple step-by-step instructions... >>more
  
  
  
• Copyright issues become kids' stuff 7 May 2002
  When Newcastle teenagers Emily, Sarah and Elise Boyd designed the website matmice.com two years ago, they had no idea of the monster they had created. The website, which allows children to easily design their own free websites, has spawned tens of thousands of matmice.com sites worldwide and attracted more than 100,000 members... >>more
  

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