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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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As interactive websites for children proliferate, more and more kids and ‘tweens are developing alter egos to explore life in cyberworld. Get used to it, said interactive computing professor Amy Bruckman, who studies how children interact with computers. Identity formation is a key part of what kids go through, and these sites offer that opportunity. Source: The New York Times
