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Your Own Online Party
You can have your very own party online, but make sure you have your
parents' permission to give the party.
Here's how:
- To give your party, we'll do it with an Internet resource called a
"chat." The idea is to get together with those coming to your
party in your own place on the Information Highway. It will be your special
place with a password to get in.
With your parents, check the chat areas available to you. For example,
if you are using America Online, you would select People Connection, then
List Chats, and then Private Room. You'd give your room a name and that
would be the password to get into your room. On other commercial online
services, setting up a private room for your party might be a bit different,
but still would be very easy for you. Note: If you hold your party in an
online service, everyone who attends must be members of that service.
If you connect to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider, your
parents will need to find a safe place online for your party. They will
also have to make sure you have all the right software so that you and
your friends and/or family can visit together online. All of the people
who attend your party will also need to get the correct software.
- Once you know where your party will be held, you can send email messages
to your friends and family. Tell them when the party will be held (day
and time), how to get to the party, and if they will need to download any
special software to attend.
If your party has a theme, you might ask them to come in "costume,"
bring a special "snack," or be ready to role play, solve puzzles
& riddles, or . . . .
- When you are inviting people to your party, keep in mind that you don't
want to hurt anyone's feelings by not inviting them. Never invite people
to your party in front of other people who are not invited. Be sure to
include those who would feel left out if not invited.
- On the day before the party, send an email reminder about the event.
Tell everyone how you've decorated the "room" for them. Give
them information (if necessary) on what they'll need to bring (a riddle,
for example) and what they'll need to know (rules for chatting online,
rules for a game you made up for them to play, etc.)
- On the day of the party, make sure you are in the party "room"
before your guests arrive. That way you can welcome each of them when they
enter the "room." Invite them to have a nice cold glass of lemonade
if it's summertime or warm cocoa if it's winter. They'll tell you how good
it tastes after they have time to "sip" it.
- Once your guests have arrived, you can begin your activities. Perhaps
you'll want to just chat and pretend to be munching on goodies?
Perhaps you'll want to have each person tell a riddle and have others try
to answer it? You could even give out prizes for those who get the right
answers. How about giving a clip art drawing that you've made for the party?
In fact, everyone at the party might exchange their favorite drawings by
email.
Maybe you'll want to pretend to be traveling in space and role play an
adventure? You'll think of lots of ideas for good role playing fun.
Maybe you'll have everyone come in "costume" and pretend to be
a famous person. Then the game will be to guess who everyone is by asking
them questions about their lives and clothing.
Maybe you'll want to have a family reunion online? That way your relatives
from all over the country can attend. They can each tell about what they
are doing and ask questions of the others in the family.
You andyour friends might present and online play. Of course, you'll have
to write scripts for everyone and send the scripts by email ahead of time
to the actors and actresses. When the party begins, the curtain opens,
and . . . .
How about making up your own idea for a game you and your family and friends
can play? Use your imagination and your creativity! You might give your
guests instructions how to do something, such as easy origami or paper
art while they are at the party. THINKKKKK!
What you do at the party will be something you'll need to plan ahead. You'll
want to make sure everyone knows what is going to happen so that they don't
all "talk" at once or have to wait around for someone to "say"
something.
- Set a time for your party to end. It's your job to say something such
as, "We've had a wonderful time, and I'm sad to say, it's time for
the party to end." You might suggest that you get together again and
see what the best days and times might be.
- Don't forget to thank everyone for coming.
- AND, don't forget to thank your parents for helping you host your own
online party.
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