Letter to all Kids and Parents

Hello all Children and Parents,

It's been a very exciting month for us all here at Woogi World. We officially opened up the new Service Center where kids can go and "check out" service activities to work on and learn about the value of service and the importance of getting off the computer and into the community. Once their service is completed they go to their new Woogi World Journal in the Family Center in their WigWam and report about what they did and how it worked. Once they do this they earn valuable service points that help them in their progression to higher levels in Woogi World. The Service Center and Journal are already making a big difference for these kids - they are starting to realize that you can have fun at a place like Woogi World and still do something good at home, school or in the community.

You won't find another kids site out there that does that!

We also launched a new Adventure - the Service Adventure! In it we teach kids through a series of four missions, with online and offline components, that service is a major benefit to all parties. They learn why service matters, the importance of personal service and serving in the community, and that you should always look for opportunities to serve anywhere and anytime.

The kids are loving this Adventure in Service!

The next major addition to Woogi World was a new type of kids online game - the MMOEG (Massive Multiplayer Online Educational Game). Its called Shark in the Water. This revolutionary game is the closest thing online to the types of group games we used to play as kids on our neighborhood streets - games that were fun, engaging and taught us alot about teamwork, problem solving, sportsmanship and how to get along with others.

Last week we did a pre-launch of this game so Dr Wiggenstein and Weegor could do some testing with alot of kids playing. For those of you that got to play, you can see that its going to be a great addition to the fun learning at Woogi World. We also apologize for the many times that we had to reload Woogi World as we were testing last week. You kids were great sports and real quick to get logged back on again!

The objective of this game is to teach kids how to Interact in a social environment and learn 21st Century life skill sets such as Communication Skills (kids will learn how to communicate quickly and effectively as they hunt or flee), Computer Use Skills (kids learn how to more effectively use the computer), Human Relationship Skills (team building practice), Problem Solving Skills (learning how not to get caught and how to catch), Science Skills (learning about the natural food chain in the oceans) and Teaching-Training Skills (kids will learn to teach other new kids how to play).

We have taken down the Shark game for further fine-tuning and will be putting it back up shortly.

Here at Woogi World you are just starting to see the revolutionary ways we will be helping you and your child navigate the "shark infested" waters we call the Internet.

There's so much more to tell you about that's coming this next month but I've taken up enough of your time. We'll fill you in on all those details in the next update.

Thanks kids for playing on Woogi World - and thank you, Parents and Guardians, for helping your child use the Internet properly to prepare themselves for the future.

Sincerely,

Big Wig

Survey Results Are In

Earth Agents! Thank you all for sharing your opinions in our survey to determine the next big thing you'd like to see in Woogi World. You've taught us a great deal about Earth kids and how much they love pets. I'll be meeting with Dr. Wiggenstein soon to discuss what you've told me in the survey.

In the meantime I'd like to come up with a name for our Woogi Pets. I've come up with a few ideas, and have created a new survey on the right side of the page to see which is your favorite. However, I'd like to hear your ideas! If you have a good idea for what our pets should be called, please leave it in a comment to this post.

Keep up the great work Earth Agents!

BigWig's Bad Day

Have you ever had one of those days? When everything seems to go wrong? Well I had one last week. I was on location with Dr W, Weegor, Mr WigWatts and WiggiWalker, doing some work on our new upcoming massive multiplayer game. (The only thing I can tell you about this awesome game is it has something to do with SHARKS! And you are going to absolutely love it!)

Well we had to get in real close to this Great White Shark to check out some things on his teeth. Now Dr W and the boys weren't too interested in getting into that water with that big ol nasty fish. Now if Wanda Wiggs had been there - well she would have jumped into that water in a flash. She is sooooo brave!

Seeing as though the other fellas were sitting there shaking in their boots - the BigWig stepped up and dove in with a beautiful swan dive. Well to make a long story short - here's a picture of what happened...

Now that was one nasty fish. He really wanted to eat me! - and If it hadn't been for my big hairy mustache tickling his tonsils and making him sneeze - I would have been BigWig shark food.

Whew that was a close one! I'm just happy to be alive - and with only a few shark teeth marks on my forehead.

So kids, when you have one of those days like I did the other day - and you're looking down into the belly of despair - just keep a positive attitude and things will get better.

Because thats what we do!