[Air-l] IM and Databases

[Kris Gowen]

What was the age of the children you are targeting? Check out the boards at www.alloy.com <http://www.alloy.com/>  - they can be pretty active. 
 
L. Kris Gowen, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
FACCT -- Foundation for Accountability
www.facct.org <http://www.facct.org/> 
www.compareyourcare.org
 
 
 
 
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Questions:

1. In your experience, do kids really use discussion boards? IM seems to be the tool of choice from what I can see in the middle school world. The primary audience for sportssmarts is kids--although teachers and parents would be interested in the discussion board, I am sure, as well as some kids.

2. Is a database a must for a content rich site? I am scoping the development costs and it seems this an important determination to make.

Thanks.
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