as u201c main u201d 604 media 606 people 608 info 610 and room 612 an additional link 614 may provide access to a school server family members 616 618 620 and 622 may each have a separate icon friends 624 may have a separate icon a fun icon 630 may provide a child with access to games and other enjoyable resources an information window 650 may provide the child with requested information a fun credits gauge 640 is again provided to measure availability of fun tasks fig1 illustrates the user interface 600 when the child attempts to access the fun icon 630 a display 602 advises the child in accordance with defined rules from the rules definition module 218 shown in fig3 that games cannot be played during homework hour fig1 illustrates a user interface 700 in which a child has accessed a school server the teacher is shown and identified in section 702 in section 704 the school server indicates whether the child has remaining tasks section 706 allows a child to access current projects the child can access his or her grades through the icon 708 and can access a group project through icon 710 today 39 s homework is accessible in section 712 and is categorized into math 714 spelling 716 and geography 718 a reading assignment is accessible in section 720 and a writing assignment is accessible in section 726 the child may also access helpers 730 the school server is identified in section 740 the present invention has been described in relation to particular embodiments which are intended in all respects toe illustrative rather than restrictive alternative embodiments will.