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The e-books actually contain a number of passages that are lifted out of the earlier novels. These are hyperlinked, and when you click on the pages in your Kindle, you jump to that passage in the original novel. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Harnessing the functionality of Kindle enables us to create the interactivity which we hope will draw young readers into classic books in a way which is fun, intuitive and user-friendly,\" said \u003ca href=\"http://futurebook.net/content/booksurfers-new-adventure-digital-publishing\">Zoe Watkins\u003c/a>, creative director of the series publisher FourteenFiftyFour,\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But will this get more kids reading more of the classics?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/node/378\">Scholastic\u003c/a> released a report stating that kids said they'd read more if they had an e-reader and access to digital books. In fact, 57% of kids age nine to 17 surveyed said they were interested in reading via e-books. And one-third said they’d read more for fun if they had more access to books on an electronic device. This response cut across demographics and included kids who read daily, once or so a week, and even those who ready rarely. In that case, Booksurfers, with its digital-only distribution, may find a way to increase interest in not only its own titles but in some of the classics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a personal note, as I read through \u003cem>The Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c/em>, I actually found the hyperlinks a little jarring. Although I'm accustomed to this type of reading and linking on the Web and in blog posts, it still feels a little out-of-place in a novel. I'm not sure my brain can easily flip between stories this way. That said, I was reminded of how wonderful Frank L. Baum's books are, how different the novel is from the Hollywood film -- and if that experience makes a young reader attracted to the novels in either Baum's or Booksurfers' catalog, then it's good news. Plus, a young reader's experience is sure to be different than my own, especially as e-readers increasingly become our primary source for reading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Booksurfers plans to release more titles this year, including \u003cem>Robin Hood\u003c/em> and \u003cem>A Christmas Carol\u003c/em>. The company has also indicated that it may pursue print versions, but only if they can find the right print publishing partner to maintain that hyperlink functionality in paper form.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12767\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-12767\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/06/boredom-busters-50-fantastic-play-and-learn-apps-sites-and-toys/mzl-rywfawgo-480x480-75/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-12767\" title=\"mzl.rywfawgo.480x480-75\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/mzl.rywfawgo.480x480-75-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ansel & Clair's Adventure app features animations, quests, puzzles and games in scenic African locations.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School or no school, there's a world of learning opportunities for kids. When they're not exploring outdoors, keep kids engaged in learning throughout the summer months with these enjoyable and educational apps and websites. For kids, playing these games is a cool pastime; for parents, it's another way to get kids to exercise their thinking muscles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>VIRTUAL WORLDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.minecraft.net/\">MINECRAFT\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> This online game \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/03/legos-for-the-digital-age-students-build-imaginary-worlds/\">lets you build\u003c/a> entire worlds out of blocks. Minecraft’s visual simplicity belies what is a completely open-ended and therefore terrifically complex world. And the best of that world: it’s up to the player to design. Minecraft is what’s known as a “sandbox” game, giving players almost complete freedom to build within it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://caesar3.heavengames.com/strategy/\"> \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>CAESAR III\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> In this simulation, you begin as a lowly citizen trying to eke out an existence in a virgin landscape. The student begins by learning about the basic needs for survival and graduates to increasingly demanding scenarios. By the end, students will have gained a very sophisticated understanding of the influence played by the environment on the development of a civilization.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ansel-clairs-adventures-in/id433593765?mt=8\">\u003cstrong>ANSEL & CLAIR’S ADVENTURES IN AFRICA\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> Ansel and Clair are aliens who must recover their lost spaceship parts, and as they travel the continent (the Serengheti, the Nile River Valley, and the Sahara Desert) they not only work on that mission but learn about the geography and history of the area as well. The app takes full advantage of iPad technology — audio, video, the touchscreen, “tilt the iPad” games, and so on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thinkingworlds.com/\">\u003cstrong>THINKING WORLDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Kids enter a virtual world that resides on their personal computer. Their avatar can be somewhat modified, and engage in a wide variety of explorations. In the unit dealing with volcanoes and earthquakes, they not only learn about the details, they visit places such as Herculaneum, subterraneous faults, and the ruins of Kobe in Japan.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/\">QUEST ATLANTIS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/strong> Kids are engaged in a narrative as compelling as The Chronicles of Narnia, except not as passive spectators, but as active participants in the story. Their age and school appropriate avatars are able to explore and learn in an environment that is secure, monitored, and dynamically expansive. You can live with the First Nations people of Mesa Verde, negotiated plans to save the Black Rhino with the various stakeholders in Tanzania, taken rockets to space stations to learn about the technology they will need to deploy and use in order to deflect Near Earth Objects.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wolfquest.org/\">\u003cstrong>WOLFQUEST\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. With this online game, you become a solitary wolf, struggling to find your place in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. You learn about the challenges of life in the wild, and the need for “others.” In time, you can mate, and form a pack of your own.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cybernetworlds.com/\">\u003cstrong>CYBERNETWORLDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. In this family-run virtual universe called Viamus, kids can build and create any type of environment, like ancient civilizations that ring the Mediterranean.\u003c/li>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>STORIES AND WORD GAMES\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mindsnacks.com/\">MINDSNACKS\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/strong> The idea with MindSnacks is to offer a mobile gaming and learning experience to help brush up on your vocabulary. The app offers 50 levels of language content, each level featuring 25 words and phrases. The language-learning startup released an Italian language version, available for free for \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindsnacks-italian-language/id433199718?mt=8\">iPhone and iPad\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pbs-kids-video-for-ipad/id435138734?mt=8\">\u003cstrong>PBS KIDS VIDEO\u003c/strong>.\u003c/a>\u003c/span> The app gives access to more than 1,000 streaming videos from various PBS Kids’ series, including The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, Dinosaur Train, and Sesame Street. The app also includes information about local PBS stations’ TV schedules and the ability to mark series as “favorites.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.triplingo.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TRIPLINGO\u003c/span>.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> For learning the most relevant foreign-language idioms and phrases, in each of these languages: Mexican Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portugese, and Pirate (arr, yes, \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/triplingo-pirate-edition/id437093340?mt=8\">Pirate\u003c/a>).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12759\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"5\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12759\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toontastic app\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://launchpadtoys.com/toontastic/\">TOONTASTIC\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>. Kids can \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/01/digital-storytelling-comes-to-life-on-the-ipad/\">create digital stories\u003c/a> with a variety of different characters, settings, musical backgrounds, and their own recorded voice-overs. Its most recently released version features three new space-based settings (and more space-related characters), new drawing tools, faster uploads to \u003ca href=\"http://toontube.toonlifeonline.com/\">ToonTube\u003c/a>, and the ability to save your custom-drawn characters and backgrounds so you can use them in any scene or cartoon.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pat-the-bunny/id430902036?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PAT THE BUNNY\u003c/span>.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> The perennial favorite children's book is also an iPhone and iPad app. The book is well-known for its sensory experiences, and those have been updated and transformed to work with a touchscreen device (and if you have a front-facing camera, the “mirror” page uses the camera instead). The app can be set to read aloud, with words highlighted as the text is read. Or adults can record their own voices to accompany the book.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodiewords/id409516388?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>GOODIEWORDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> Geared toward toddlers who are in their “What is it?” stage, this app explains words that parents might otherwise find difficult to define, like fingerprint, shadow, time, and dream. The app is colorful and engaging, with games and storybook narration.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scrabble/id284815117?mt=8\">SCRABBLE. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>If you’ve got a \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/\">Facebook\u003c/a> account, you can sign up for the Scrabble app and play with friends through Facebook, either on your browser or on your Facebook mobile phone app. Each time someone takes a turn, the other is notified.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.lexulous.com/\">LEXULOUS.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> plays very much like Scrabble, but with a bigger board. You can play the game on Facebook, but its own site also hosts games, and it’s got an iPhone app.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words-with-friends-hd/id364140796?mt=8\">WORDS WITH FRIENDS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Like Scrabble, \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words-with-friends-hd/id364140796?mt=8\">Word With Friends \u003c/a>works on an iTunes app, but you don’t need to be in the same wifi network to play with your friends.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-civil-war-today/id428812156?mt=8\">CIVIL WAR TODAY\u003c/a>\u003c/span>.\u003c/strong> Created by History and A&E, the iPad app offers daily updates, chronicling the events that occurred 150 years ago. The app includes newspaper headlines as well as personal letters and diaries. There are videos and maps (including period maps) and a daily count of casualities on both the North and the South.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cul>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.moving-tales.com/titles.html\">UNWANTED GUEST\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>.Many of the new and innovative examples of children’s e-books aren’t sold as books per se. They’re available as websites, such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.inanimatealice.com/\">Inanimate Alice\u003c/a>, or they’re sold as apps, such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.moving-tales.com/\">Moving Tales’\u003c/a> most recent e-book Unwanted Guest, available for the \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/cr/app/unwanted-guest-iphone-edition/id416226661?mt=8#\">iPhone and iPad\u003c/a>. Unwanted Guest takes a traditional folktale and updates it with charming 3D animations that accompany each page of the story. You can have the app auto-turn the pages, or flip yourself, or use the iPad’s accelerometer to animate the text. The app offers a narration, but you also have the option to turn off the text and/or to add your own voice-over.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/school-26-hd/id431284898?mt=8\">SCHOOL 26\u003c/a>\u003c/span>.\u003c/strong> The female-run video game studio \u003ca href=\"http://www.siliconsisters.ca/\">Silicon Sisters\u003c/a>' first game is aimed at girls. The game is set in school and the goal is to make as many social connections as possible, navigating the sticky, awkward and sometimes awful moral dilemmas of school. These challenges range from struggles to peer pressure, romance, betrayal, alienation, acceptance – all real and relevant situations that girls face every day. The gameplay involves the player selecting the appropriate emotional responses to certain scenarios and answering quizzes that provide insights into players’ personalities. The emphasis here is on empathy and networking.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/Top_100\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>BOOKS SHOULD BE FREE\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> Download free audiobooks and choose from your own childhood favorites like Anne of Green Gables, Pollyanna, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, or Gulliver’s Travels.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://storynory.com/\">STORYNORY\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. In this storytelling podcast, the lead storyteller is Natasha, who herself sounds like a fairytale princess with her lilting British accent narrates stories like \u003ca href=\"http://storynory.com/2010/11/15/the-old-man-and-the-figs/\">The Old Man and the Figs\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://storynory.com/2010/10/30/katies-black-friday/\">Katie’s Black Friday\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12756\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/alice-in-wonderland-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"alice in wonderland\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12756\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice in Wonderland app.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alice-for-the-ipad/id354537426?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>ALICE IN WONDERLAND.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a> Bringing the story to life, this app lets you tilt your iPad to make Alice grow or shrink, throw tarts at the Queen of Hearts and help the caterpillar smoke his hookah pipe.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toy-story-read-along/id364376920?mt=8\">\u003cstrong>TOY STORY.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/span>The movies are great, but the app is arguably more interesting. Using the same story line, there are games, movie clips, coloring pages, and sing-along songs. Kids can hear the story read aloud, or they can record their own narration, and explore at their own pace.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiopia.com/\">MIAMIOPIA\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> Kids can customize the look of their own alien avatar (it has a striking resemblance to the Na’Vi tribe in the movie “Avatar”), then choose any type of game they want to play — as easy as counting apples that fall from the tree to finishing a musical scale using the keyboard.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/\">SMITHSONIAN\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. A treasure trove of games and information presented in an engaging medium. Kids can explore the solar system by creating their own universe, become acquainted with the 142 million objects the organization has collected over the years, and take trivia quizzes, among many other fun games.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.funbrain.com/\">FUNBRAIN\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> Lots of interactive pieces on this site, like Mad Libs, math quizzes with insects, and easier games for the wee ones to learn how to use a mouse and keyboard.\u003c/li>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>SCIENCE & MATH\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://scratch.mit.edu/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SCRATCH\u003c/span>. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>Developed by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.media.mit.edu/\">MIT Media Lab\u003c/a>, Scratch is a visual programming language for children age 6 and up. Since its release in 2007, over 800,000 users have joined the Scratch website and have shared over 1.7 million projects — from games to animations. That sharing aspect is an important part of the Scratch community, so the projects that are uploaded to the site are licensed under the Creative Commons attribute and share alike license so that others can download and remix them. Scratch is available free of charge and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux computers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.alice.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALICE\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> A free and open source 3D programming environment, Alice is designed to teach students object-oriented and event-driven programming. With Alice, students drag and drop graphic tiles in order to animate an object and create a program. A variant of Alice, \u003ca href=\"http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/\">Storytelling Alice\u003c/a> was developed by Caitlin Kelleher as part of her doctoral work in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. By emphasizing animations and social interactions, this approach was found to greatly increase the level of student interest in programming.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://hackety-hack.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>HACKETY HACK\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> An open-source application that teaches the basics of programming in the popular \u003ca href=\"http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/\">Ruby\u003c/a> language, Hackety Hack offers an interactive tutorial that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. While both Scratch and Alice use a graphical programming language with “blocks,” Hackety Hack teaches the basics of Ruby syntax. The tutorial and the text editor are well-integrated, so there isn’t any flipping back-and-forth to move between the How-To guide and the actual coding. Hackety Hack gives students a solid foundation in the language so they can quickly and easily start building their own apps in Ruby.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12760\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/5843063843_8d1fe512e3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"5843063843_8d1fe512e3\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12760\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An iNaturalist spotted plant species.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.arduino.cc/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ARDUINO\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong> Another an open-source electronics prototyping platform, but this one with both hardware and software components. Arduino’s hardware is programmed with a language similar to C++, and although it may not be the easiest of entry points for learning programming, there’s something about building things that actually move that can be pretty compelling. Projects that use Arduino to introduce children to programming include a \u003ca href=\"http://seaside.citilab.eu/scratch/arduino\">modification of Scratch\u003c/a> to support simple programming on the Arduino hardware.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx\">LEGO MINDSTORMS\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. Technically it's not a website or app. But \u003ca href=\"http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx\">Lego Mindstorm\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx\">s\u003c/a> does enable robotics-building. Lego Mindstorms’ kits — which can be purchased in educational and consumer versions — include sensors and motors, and the programming is command-box rather than code programming. The kits come with languages supplied by Lego, but can be modified to work with third party languages. Like several of the tools on this list, Lego Mindstorms has its roots at the MIT Media Lab.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://leafsnap.com/\">LEAFSNAP\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. \u003c/strong>Kids can explore local flora with this app, which is essentially an electronic field guide for both \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leafsnap/id430649829?mt=8\">iPhone and iPad\u003c/a> that uses visual recognition software to identify tree species based on photographs of their leaves.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.projectnoah.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROJECT NOAH\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> Explore the wildlife around you with this app and help scientists with their data collection. You can post a new spotting, upload photos, tag plants and animals with location data, join missions, and earn patches. The app also contains a field guide to help you identify the wildlife you find. It’s beautifully designed, and available for free for both iPhone and Android.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://inaturalist.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">iNATURALIST\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> A social network for nature-lovers, it's an online community where you can record and share your observations on the natural world. The \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inaturalist/id421397028?mt=8#\">iPhone app\u003c/a> allows you to log the plants and animals you come across. If you need help identifying things, the rest of the iNaturalist community can help.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12763\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/mzl.vctxsuec.320x480-75-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mzl.vctxsuec.320x480-75\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12763\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SkySafari app.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thewildlab.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THE WILDLAB\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>. There are two apps currently available for the iPhone — Crab App and WildLab Bird — and you can sign up as a spotter via its website. The WildLab Bird app, as the name suggests, involves identifying and geo-tagging bird species. The Crab App helps collect information about horseshoe crabs, their numbers and their egg-laying.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://projectsquirrel.org/index.shtml\">PROJECT SQUIRREL\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. Not a mobile app, but a website, this citizen science project recognizes that almost everyone — no matter where they live — has squirrels in their neighborhood. That, along with the differences between the gray squirrel and the fox squirrel — in appearance, in habitat — make Project Squirrel a great introductory citizen science project. The website lets you record your squirrel observations and upload photos. You can even mail in your data via a printable form.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://iphone.ibird.com/product_finder.html\">iBIRD.\u003c/a>\u003c/span> Bird watching has come a long way from the time Charles Darwin began sketching species. Savvy birders use tech tools to help them identify and log their discoveries. You’ll find four or five birding apps, but the most comprehensive seems to be the iBird series. The free sampler (15 most popular birds) gives you a nice introduction to the subject that may reel you in to the wonderful world of birding, so that you might then graduate to the iBird Backyard, iBird West, as well as iBird North, South, Midwest, Canada. And of course, the mother of all apps the iBird Pro.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skysafari/id319159213?mt=8\">SKYSAFARI\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Beginners should use the “lite” version, but for those deep into the cosmos, the full version of this app identifies as many as 300,000 stars and includes countless images from NASA and the ability to identify planets from where you stand. Also includes a nifty “night-vision” theme.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/star-walk-5-stars-astronomy/id295430577?mt=8\">STARWALK\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Lift up your phone to the dark night and you’ll be able to see what stars and planets shine above you with the Star Spotter function. Click on Time Machine and you’ll get a preview of what the sky will look like three years from now. Track the rising of the Sun, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. View from the Earth shows 3D perspectives from anywhere on the planet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets/id305793334?mt=8\">PLANETS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. This app exhibits a 3D guide to the solar system, and 3D views of planets and the moon, as well as constellation names and rising and setting times for moon. You’ll also have access to a fact sheet for each planet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moon-globe/id333180321?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>MOON GLOBE.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> \u003c/a>A close-up look at every nook and cranny of the moon, including 3D graphics and touch navigation. In globe mode, you can peek over the surface of the moon and see Earth hovering in the distance. You can also see where the moon and sun sit in relation to each other and you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://vanished.mit.edu/\">VANISHED\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. The Smithsonian Institution and MIT offers this eight-week online/offline environmental disaster mystery game for middle-school children, meant to inspire engagement and problem solving through science. Developed by the MIT’s \u003ca href=\"http://educationarcade.org/\">Education Arcade\u003c/a> and by the Smithsonian Institution, the program encourages participants to investigate an environmental disaster by using real scientific methods, by visiting museums and collecting samples from their neighborhoods, and by participating in online challenges.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12766\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/mzl.dcbffgtt.320x480-75-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mzl.dcbffgtt.320x480-75\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12766\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park Math app.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/park-math-by-duck-duck-moose/id391407836?mt=8\">PARK MATH.\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>It’s actually hard to select just one of Duck Duck Moose’s award-winning apps to feature here. The company recently won three Parents’ Choice Awards, including a Silver Award for \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/park-math-by-duck-duck-moose/id391407836?mt=8#\">Park Math\u003c/a>. The app contains a number of math games for preschoolers that help teach concepts like addition and subtraction and help boost counting and sorting skills.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://motionmathgames.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>MOTION MATH.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a> The app aims to helps students develop this number sense and estimate fractions — quickly. Players control a bouncing star, and the goal is to make that star land on the right part of the number line, matching a particular fraction. To do this, the app uses the gyroscope that’s built into the Apple mobile devices, so you have to tilt your device.\u003c/li>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>ART, MUSIC & PHOTOGRAPHY\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.felttip.com/tunapitch/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LEARNING MUSIC\u003c/span>.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> There are apps that help you \u003ca href=\"http://www.felttip.com/tunapitch/\">tune your instrument\u003c/a> and apps that help you \u003ca href=\"http://appfinder.lisisoft.com/ipad-iphone-apps/guitar-fingering.html\">learn fingering\u003c/a>. There are websites galore that offer \u003ca href=\"http://howtoplaypianoeasily.com/\">step-by-step guides\u003c/a> — online method books — and videos of how to play \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dSp79TDWoc\">guitar\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphWgqbF-AM\">piano\u003c/a>, and so on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://artistworks.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ARTISTWORKS\u003c/span>. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>This website allows you not to just watch and learn playing instruments online via video, but allows you to record and upload a recording of your music and get personalized feedback from music instructors.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12769\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/photo2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12769\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hipstamatic app (John S. lens)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shakeitphoto/id302926603?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>SHAKE IT.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a> Brightens colors, spotlights the center of the image, and adds a chunky white border around it. You can apply the app to existing images or take photos directly from the app itself.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nevercenter.com/camerabag/iphone/\">CAMERABAG\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>This is a trove of photo tools. My favorite is the Helga filter (right), which creates a vignette around the image and brightens the center. But it’s got many other filters, too: silvery black-and-white, muted Polaroid, Vanity Fair-style warm and saturated are just a few others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://artandmobile.com/tiltshift/\">TILTSHIFTGEN\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>The free version of this is good enough for me, though there are more multifaceted versions too. I can pull the focus of the photo to one specific spot by touching the screen, and blur the rest, as I did below.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://hipstamaticapp.com/\">HIPSTAMATIC\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> I cringe at the name, but the effects are amazing. Depending on which lens you choose, the photos take on a hyper-surreal quality.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12767\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-12767\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/06/boredom-busters-50-fantastic-play-and-learn-apps-sites-and-toys/mzl-rywfawgo-480x480-75/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-12767\" title=\"mzl.rywfawgo.480x480-75\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/mzl.rywfawgo.480x480-75-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ansel & Clair's Adventure app features animations, quests, puzzles and games in scenic African locations.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School or no school, there's a world of learning opportunities for kids. When they're not exploring outdoors, keep kids engaged in learning throughout the summer months with these enjoyable and educational apps and websites. For kids, playing these games is a cool pastime; for parents, it's another way to get kids to exercise their thinking muscles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>VIRTUAL WORLDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.minecraft.net/\">MINECRAFT\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> This online game \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/03/legos-for-the-digital-age-students-build-imaginary-worlds/\">lets you build\u003c/a> entire worlds out of blocks. Minecraft’s visual simplicity belies what is a completely open-ended and therefore terrifically complex world. And the best of that world: it’s up to the player to design. Minecraft is what’s known as a “sandbox” game, giving players almost complete freedom to build within it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://caesar3.heavengames.com/strategy/\"> \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>CAESAR III\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> In this simulation, you begin as a lowly citizen trying to eke out an existence in a virgin landscape. The student begins by learning about the basic needs for survival and graduates to increasingly demanding scenarios. By the end, students will have gained a very sophisticated understanding of the influence played by the environment on the development of a civilization.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ansel-clairs-adventures-in/id433593765?mt=8\">\u003cstrong>ANSEL & CLAIR’S ADVENTURES IN AFRICA\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> Ansel and Clair are aliens who must recover their lost spaceship parts, and as they travel the continent (the Serengheti, the Nile River Valley, and the Sahara Desert) they not only work on that mission but learn about the geography and history of the area as well. The app takes full advantage of iPad technology — audio, video, the touchscreen, “tilt the iPad” games, and so on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thinkingworlds.com/\">\u003cstrong>THINKING WORLDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Kids enter a virtual world that resides on their personal computer. Their avatar can be somewhat modified, and engage in a wide variety of explorations. In the unit dealing with volcanoes and earthquakes, they not only learn about the details, they visit places such as Herculaneum, subterraneous faults, and the ruins of Kobe in Japan.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/\">QUEST ATLANTIS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/strong> Kids are engaged in a narrative as compelling as The Chronicles of Narnia, except not as passive spectators, but as active participants in the story. Their age and school appropriate avatars are able to explore and learn in an environment that is secure, monitored, and dynamically expansive. You can live with the First Nations people of Mesa Verde, negotiated plans to save the Black Rhino with the various stakeholders in Tanzania, taken rockets to space stations to learn about the technology they will need to deploy and use in order to deflect Near Earth Objects.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.wolfquest.org/\">\u003cstrong>WOLFQUEST\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. With this online game, you become a solitary wolf, struggling to find your place in the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. You learn about the challenges of life in the wild, and the need for “others.” In time, you can mate, and form a pack of your own.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cybernetworlds.com/\">\u003cstrong>CYBERNETWORLDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. In this family-run virtual universe called Viamus, kids can build and create any type of environment, like ancient civilizations that ring the Mediterranean.\u003c/li>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>STORIES AND WORD GAMES\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.mindsnacks.com/\">MINDSNACKS\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/strong> The idea with MindSnacks is to offer a mobile gaming and learning experience to help brush up on your vocabulary. The app offers 50 levels of language content, each level featuring 25 words and phrases. The language-learning startup released an Italian language version, available for free for \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindsnacks-italian-language/id433199718?mt=8\">iPhone and iPad\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pbs-kids-video-for-ipad/id435138734?mt=8\">\u003cstrong>PBS KIDS VIDEO\u003c/strong>.\u003c/a>\u003c/span> The app gives access to more than 1,000 streaming videos from various PBS Kids’ series, including The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, Dinosaur Train, and Sesame Street. The app also includes information about local PBS stations’ TV schedules and the ability to mark series as “favorites.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.triplingo.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TRIPLINGO\u003c/span>.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> For learning the most relevant foreign-language idioms and phrases, in each of these languages: Mexican Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portugese, and Pirate (arr, yes, \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/triplingo-pirate-edition/id437093340?mt=8\">Pirate\u003c/a>).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12759\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"5\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12759\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toontastic app\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://launchpadtoys.com/toontastic/\">TOONTASTIC\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/strong>. Kids can \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/01/digital-storytelling-comes-to-life-on-the-ipad/\">create digital stories\u003c/a> with a variety of different characters, settings, musical backgrounds, and their own recorded voice-overs. Its most recently released version features three new space-based settings (and more space-related characters), new drawing tools, faster uploads to \u003ca href=\"http://toontube.toonlifeonline.com/\">ToonTube\u003c/a>, and the ability to save your custom-drawn characters and backgrounds so you can use them in any scene or cartoon.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pat-the-bunny/id430902036?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PAT THE BUNNY\u003c/span>.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> The perennial favorite children's book is also an iPhone and iPad app. The book is well-known for its sensory experiences, and those have been updated and transformed to work with a touchscreen device (and if you have a front-facing camera, the “mirror” page uses the camera instead). The app can be set to read aloud, with words highlighted as the text is read. Or adults can record their own voices to accompany the book.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goodiewords/id409516388?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>GOODIEWORDS\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> Geared toward toddlers who are in their “What is it?” stage, this app explains words that parents might otherwise find difficult to define, like fingerprint, shadow, time, and dream. The app is colorful and engaging, with games and storybook narration.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scrabble/id284815117?mt=8\">SCRABBLE. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>If you’ve got a \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/\">Facebook\u003c/a> account, you can sign up for the Scrabble app and play with friends through Facebook, either on your browser or on your Facebook mobile phone app. Each time someone takes a turn, the other is notified.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.lexulous.com/\">LEXULOUS.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> plays very much like Scrabble, but with a bigger board. You can play the game on Facebook, but its own site also hosts games, and it’s got an iPhone app.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words-with-friends-hd/id364140796?mt=8\">WORDS WITH FRIENDS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Like Scrabble, \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words-with-friends-hd/id364140796?mt=8\">Word With Friends \u003c/a>works on an iTunes app, but you don’t need to be in the same wifi network to play with your friends.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-civil-war-today/id428812156?mt=8\">CIVIL WAR TODAY\u003c/a>\u003c/span>.\u003c/strong> Created by History and A&E, the iPad app offers daily updates, chronicling the events that occurred 150 years ago. The app includes newspaper headlines as well as personal letters and diaries. There are videos and maps (including period maps) and a daily count of casualities on both the North and the South.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cul>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.moving-tales.com/titles.html\">UNWANTED GUEST\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>.Many of the new and innovative examples of children’s e-books aren’t sold as books per se. They’re available as websites, such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.inanimatealice.com/\">Inanimate Alice\u003c/a>, or they’re sold as apps, such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.moving-tales.com/\">Moving Tales’\u003c/a> most recent e-book Unwanted Guest, available for the \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/cr/app/unwanted-guest-iphone-edition/id416226661?mt=8#\">iPhone and iPad\u003c/a>. Unwanted Guest takes a traditional folktale and updates it with charming 3D animations that accompany each page of the story. You can have the app auto-turn the pages, or flip yourself, or use the iPad’s accelerometer to animate the text. The app offers a narration, but you also have the option to turn off the text and/or to add your own voice-over.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/school-26-hd/id431284898?mt=8\">SCHOOL 26\u003c/a>\u003c/span>.\u003c/strong> The female-run video game studio \u003ca href=\"http://www.siliconsisters.ca/\">Silicon Sisters\u003c/a>' first game is aimed at girls. The game is set in school and the goal is to make as many social connections as possible, navigating the sticky, awkward and sometimes awful moral dilemmas of school. These challenges range from struggles to peer pressure, romance, betrayal, alienation, acceptance – all real and relevant situations that girls face every day. The gameplay involves the player selecting the appropriate emotional responses to certain scenarios and answering quizzes that provide insights into players’ personalities. The emphasis here is on empathy and networking.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/Top_100\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>BOOKS SHOULD BE FREE\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> Download free audiobooks and choose from your own childhood favorites like Anne of Green Gables, Pollyanna, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, or Gulliver’s Travels.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://storynory.com/\">STORYNORY\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. In this storytelling podcast, the lead storyteller is Natasha, who herself sounds like a fairytale princess with her lilting British accent narrates stories like \u003ca href=\"http://storynory.com/2010/11/15/the-old-man-and-the-figs/\">The Old Man and the Figs\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://storynory.com/2010/10/30/katies-black-friday/\">Katie’s Black Friday\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12756\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/alice-in-wonderland-300x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"alice in wonderland\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12756\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alice in Wonderland app.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alice-for-the-ipad/id354537426?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>ALICE IN WONDERLAND.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a> Bringing the story to life, this app lets you tilt your iPad to make Alice grow or shrink, throw tarts at the Queen of Hearts and help the caterpillar smoke his hookah pipe.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toy-story-read-along/id364376920?mt=8\">\u003cstrong>TOY STORY.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> \u003c/span>\u003c/span>The movies are great, but the app is arguably more interesting. Using the same story line, there are games, movie clips, coloring pages, and sing-along songs. Kids can hear the story read aloud, or they can record their own narration, and explore at their own pace.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.miamiopia.com/\">MIAMIOPIA\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> Kids can customize the look of their own alien avatar (it has a striking resemblance to the Na’Vi tribe in the movie “Avatar”), then choose any type of game they want to play — as easy as counting apples that fall from the tree to finishing a musical scale using the keyboard.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/\">SMITHSONIAN\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. A treasure trove of games and information presented in an engaging medium. Kids can explore the solar system by creating their own universe, become acquainted with the 142 million objects the organization has collected over the years, and take trivia quizzes, among many other fun games.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.funbrain.com/\">FUNBRAIN\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> Lots of interactive pieces on this site, like Mad Libs, math quizzes with insects, and easier games for the wee ones to learn how to use a mouse and keyboard.\u003c/li>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>SCIENCE & MATH\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://scratch.mit.edu/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SCRATCH\u003c/span>. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>Developed by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.media.mit.edu/\">MIT Media Lab\u003c/a>, Scratch is a visual programming language for children age 6 and up. Since its release in 2007, over 800,000 users have joined the Scratch website and have shared over 1.7 million projects — from games to animations. That sharing aspect is an important part of the Scratch community, so the projects that are uploaded to the site are licensed under the Creative Commons attribute and share alike license so that others can download and remix them. Scratch is available free of charge and runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux computers.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.alice.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ALICE\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> A free and open source 3D programming environment, Alice is designed to teach students object-oriented and event-driven programming. With Alice, students drag and drop graphic tiles in order to animate an object and create a program. A variant of Alice, \u003ca href=\"http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/\">Storytelling Alice\u003c/a> was developed by Caitlin Kelleher as part of her doctoral work in Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. By emphasizing animations and social interactions, this approach was found to greatly increase the level of student interest in programming.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://hackety-hack.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>HACKETY HACK\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> An open-source application that teaches the basics of programming in the popular \u003ca href=\"http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/\">Ruby\u003c/a> language, Hackety Hack offers an interactive tutorial that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. While both Scratch and Alice use a graphical programming language with “blocks,” Hackety Hack teaches the basics of Ruby syntax. The tutorial and the text editor are well-integrated, so there isn’t any flipping back-and-forth to move between the How-To guide and the actual coding. Hackety Hack gives students a solid foundation in the language so they can quickly and easily start building their own apps in Ruby.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12760\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/5843063843_8d1fe512e3-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"5843063843_8d1fe512e3\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12760\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An iNaturalist spotted plant species.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.arduino.cc/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ARDUINO\u003c/span>\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong> Another an open-source electronics prototyping platform, but this one with both hardware and software components. Arduino’s hardware is programmed with a language similar to C++, and although it may not be the easiest of entry points for learning programming, there’s something about building things that actually move that can be pretty compelling. Projects that use Arduino to introduce children to programming include a \u003ca href=\"http://seaside.citilab.eu/scratch/arduino\">modification of Scratch\u003c/a> to support simple programming on the Arduino hardware.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx\">LEGO MINDSTORMS\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. Technically it's not a website or app. But \u003ca href=\"http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx\">Lego Mindstorm\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx\">s\u003c/a> does enable robotics-building. Lego Mindstorms’ kits — which can be purchased in educational and consumer versions — include sensors and motors, and the programming is command-box rather than code programming. The kits come with languages supplied by Lego, but can be modified to work with third party languages. Like several of the tools on this list, Lego Mindstorms has its roots at the MIT Media Lab.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://leafsnap.com/\">LEAFSNAP\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. \u003c/strong>Kids can explore local flora with this app, which is essentially an electronic field guide for both \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/leafsnap/id430649829?mt=8\">iPhone and iPad\u003c/a> that uses visual recognition software to identify tree species based on photographs of their leaves.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.projectnoah.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROJECT NOAH\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> Explore the wildlife around you with this app and help scientists with their data collection. You can post a new spotting, upload photos, tag plants and animals with location data, join missions, and earn patches. The app also contains a field guide to help you identify the wildlife you find. It’s beautifully designed, and available for free for both iPhone and Android.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://inaturalist.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">iNATURALIST\u003c/span>.\u003c/a> A social network for nature-lovers, it's an online community where you can record and share your observations on the natural world. The \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inaturalist/id421397028?mt=8#\">iPhone app\u003c/a> allows you to log the plants and animals you come across. If you need help identifying things, the rest of the iNaturalist community can help.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12763\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/mzl.vctxsuec.320x480-75-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mzl.vctxsuec.320x480-75\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12763\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SkySafari app.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thewildlab.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">THE WILDLAB\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>. There are two apps currently available for the iPhone — Crab App and WildLab Bird — and you can sign up as a spotter via its website. The WildLab Bird app, as the name suggests, involves identifying and geo-tagging bird species. The Crab App helps collect information about horseshoe crabs, their numbers and their egg-laying.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://projectsquirrel.org/index.shtml\">PROJECT SQUIRREL\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. Not a mobile app, but a website, this citizen science project recognizes that almost everyone — no matter where they live — has squirrels in their neighborhood. That, along with the differences between the gray squirrel and the fox squirrel — in appearance, in habitat — make Project Squirrel a great introductory citizen science project. The website lets you record your squirrel observations and upload photos. You can even mail in your data via a printable form.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://iphone.ibird.com/product_finder.html\">iBIRD.\u003c/a>\u003c/span> Bird watching has come a long way from the time Charles Darwin began sketching species. Savvy birders use tech tools to help them identify and log their discoveries. You’ll find four or five birding apps, but the most comprehensive seems to be the iBird series. The free sampler (15 most popular birds) gives you a nice introduction to the subject that may reel you in to the wonderful world of birding, so that you might then graduate to the iBird Backyard, iBird West, as well as iBird North, South, Midwest, Canada. And of course, the mother of all apps the iBird Pro.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skysafari/id319159213?mt=8\">SKYSAFARI\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Beginners should use the “lite” version, but for those deep into the cosmos, the full version of this app identifies as many as 300,000 stars and includes countless images from NASA and the ability to identify planets from where you stand. Also includes a nifty “night-vision” theme.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/star-walk-5-stars-astronomy/id295430577?mt=8\">STARWALK\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. Lift up your phone to the dark night and you’ll be able to see what stars and planets shine above you with the Star Spotter function. Click on Time Machine and you’ll get a preview of what the sky will look like three years from now. Track the rising of the Sun, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. View from the Earth shows 3D perspectives from anywhere on the planet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/planets/id305793334?mt=8\">PLANETS\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>. This app exhibits a 3D guide to the solar system, and 3D views of planets and the moon, as well as constellation names and rising and setting times for moon. You’ll also have access to a fact sheet for each planet.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moon-globe/id333180321?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>MOON GLOBE.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span> \u003c/a>A close-up look at every nook and cranny of the moon, including 3D graphics and touch navigation. In globe mode, you can peek over the surface of the moon and see Earth hovering in the distance. You can also see where the moon and sun sit in relation to each other and you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003ca href=\"http://vanished.mit.edu/\">VANISHED\u003c/a>\u003c/span>. The Smithsonian Institution and MIT offers this eight-week online/offline environmental disaster mystery game for middle-school children, meant to inspire engagement and problem solving through science. Developed by the MIT’s \u003ca href=\"http://educationarcade.org/\">Education Arcade\u003c/a> and by the Smithsonian Institution, the program encourages participants to investigate an environmental disaster by using real scientific methods, by visiting museums and collecting samples from their neighborhoods, and by participating in online challenges.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12766\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/mzl.dcbffgtt.320x480-75-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"mzl.dcbffgtt.320x480-75\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12766\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Park Math app.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/park-math-by-duck-duck-moose/id391407836?mt=8\">PARK MATH.\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>It’s actually hard to select just one of Duck Duck Moose’s award-winning apps to feature here. The company recently won three Parents’ Choice Awards, including a Silver Award for \u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/park-math-by-duck-duck-moose/id391407836?mt=8#\">Park Math\u003c/a>. The app contains a number of math games for preschoolers that help teach concepts like addition and subtraction and help boost counting and sorting skills.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://motionmathgames.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>MOTION MATH.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a> The app aims to helps students develop this number sense and estimate fractions — quickly. Players control a bouncing star, and the goal is to make that star land on the right part of the number line, matching a particular fraction. To do this, the app uses the gyroscope that’s built into the Apple mobile devices, so you have to tilt your device.\u003c/li>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003ch4>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u003cstrong>ART, MUSIC & PHOTOGRAPHY\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.felttip.com/tunapitch/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LEARNING MUSIC\u003c/span>.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> There are apps that help you \u003ca href=\"http://www.felttip.com/tunapitch/\">tune your instrument\u003c/a> and apps that help you \u003ca href=\"http://appfinder.lisisoft.com/ipad-iphone-apps/guitar-fingering.html\">learn fingering\u003c/a>. There are websites galore that offer \u003ca href=\"http://howtoplaypianoeasily.com/\">step-by-step guides\u003c/a> — online method books — and videos of how to play \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dSp79TDWoc\">guitar\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphWgqbF-AM\">piano\u003c/a>, and so on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://artistworks.com/\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ARTISTWORKS\u003c/span>. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>This website allows you not to just watch and learn playing instruments online via video, but allows you to record and upload a recording of your music and get personalized feedback from music instructors.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12769\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/photo2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"photo2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12769\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hipstamatic app (John S. lens)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shakeitphoto/id302926603?mt=8\">\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>SHAKE IT.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/a> Brightens colors, spotlights the center of the image, and adds a chunky white border around it. You can apply the app to existing images or take photos directly from the app itself.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nevercenter.com/camerabag/iphone/\">CAMERABAG\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>This is a trove of photo tools. My favorite is the Helga filter (right), which creates a vignette around the image and brightens the center. But it’s got many other filters, too: silvery black-and-white, muted Polaroid, Vanity Fair-style warm and saturated are just a few others.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://artandmobile.com/tiltshift/\">TILTSHIFTGEN\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>The free version of this is good enough for me, though there are more multifaceted versions too. 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The projects are not just made by students who are already predisposed to computers – the \"wanna-be computer geeks.\" One student told me right at the beginning that she does not like computers. The class also includes English language learners who just transferred to the school district. There are also several special education students who are mainstreamed for this program. This is a case of everyone learning programming in school, not the select few who know that they want to and can afford to take an expensive computer camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These students may not choose to be computer scientists, but they have learned computational thinking, an important digital-age skill. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.iste.org/standards/computational-thinking.aspx\">See more on computational thinking on the ISTE website\u003c/a>). They will be able to use these skills to solve problems in a wide range of fields in the future. There has been much written about the need to go beyond teaching the \u003cem>use\u003c/em> of computer programs and to actually teach how to \u003cem>make\u003c/em> computer programs. Douglas Rushkoff makes a good case for learning programming in his book \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.orbooks.com/our-books/program/\">Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age\u003c/a>: \u003c/em> “When human beings acquired language, we learned not just how to listen but how to speak. When we gained literacy, we learned not just how to read but how to write. And as we move into an increasingly digital reality, we must learn not just how to use programs but how to make them. ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most exciting part for a computer scientist and Silicon Valley resident like myself is that some of these kids are now passionate about programming. 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"content": "\u003ch5>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>By Susan Currie Sivek\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cp>Digital magazines designed for kids are giving new meaning to the phrase \"early adopter.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children's magazines have come a long way from those dusty print editions at the pediatrician's office. While adults struggle to join the transition to digital magazines and apps, their offspring are moving seamlessly into the new age of publishing. Kids now have a variety of digital publications and related apps at their fingertips on the iPad and other devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-12229\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/06/childrens-magazines-draw-early-adopters-with-apps/timbuktu-cover-3/\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12229\" title=\"timbuktu-cover\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-cover2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-cover2.jpg 198w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-cover2-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-cover2-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-cover2-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-cover2-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-cover2-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\">\u003c/a>Both established publishers and startups are experimenting with new ways of reaching this audience, while reshaping what it means to be a young reader by creating new interfaces and social tools. Their creativity should inspire those working on digital magazine products for adults, and also shows us what today's young magazine app users may expect as they grow into sophisticated, experienced readers of digital media.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Playing, Educating, Informing with Apps\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Though many parents are familiar with kids' games offered for mobile devices (and the easy distraction they can offer at key moments), children's magazine publishers are moving beyond them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app \u003ca href=\"http://timbuktu.me/\">Timbuktu\u003c/a>, for example, is an iPad news magazine developed for kids that offers news in fun ways. With text, videos and graphics developed by a global group of contributors, the app is cleanly designed and offers creative presentations of news for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timbuktu editor in chief and founder Elena Favilli said the magazine's goal is to \"combine education and technology to display everyday news.\" She said news is typically presented only for adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"It's not just going to be one medium or another. It's going to be a technology ecology.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Children are usually completely cut off from it,\" Favilli said. \"We tend to think ... that children only like fantastic and imaginary tales, but the themes we read every day in newspapers also have great potential for [children's] personal growth and learning.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cricketmag.com/home.asp\">publisher\u003c/a> of the Ladybug and Cricket print magazines for young readers is also extending those brands through the development of educational, reading-focused apps. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cricketmag.com/iphone\">Ladybug's Bookshelf\u003c/a> iPhone app offers stories with animation and sound so that kids can either read on their own or have the story read to them, along with other interactive features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To my mind, nothing replaces the parent at the bedside reading the story, or looking at picture books in the library, but I think more and more of these different platforms and options give children different ways of connecting with literature,\" said Alice Letvin, editorial director for the Cricket Magazine Group at parent company Carus Publishing. \"The imaginative engagement can be heightened through these apps, [as well as] the pleasure of being in control of your own learning, doing it at your own pace. It's something that can be very motivating.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Bringing Digital Magazines into Children's Worlds\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Some might question whether even the best-designed children's magazine app or game can offer a valuable experience for growing minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ischool.umd.edu/content/allison-druin-0\">Allison Druin\u003c/a>, associate dean for research at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, researches children's use of technology. She believes that digital magazines won't even register with today's children as distinctive from reading experiences in other media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not just going to be one medium or another. It's going to be a technology ecology,\" Druin said. \"Sometimes they're going to be reading on one form of media, sometimes another. Kids do not care what they're reading on, as long as they can curl up in their bed, on the floor, in a corner.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Druin suggests that the main concern in designing reading-related apps for kids is \"whether the interface gets in the way.\" Accessibility and ease of use are key, as well as maximizing the capabilities of the digital device.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Making Apps Accessible for Children\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Publishers and developers are striving to make their magazine apps intuitive, immersive and fun for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.portegno-apps.com/?p=245\">KidsMag\u003c/a> is a brand-new iPad app released in early May that includes a collection of informative and educational games, such as number and letter games and an interactive audio-based story about firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KidsMag's creator, Gabriel Pasqualini of Portegno Apps, was inspired by watching his own children, ages 1 and 3, interact with the iPad. The children test new games before they're released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The relationship they have with the iPad is incredible, the way they handle it and play games,\" Pasqualini said. He's found that kids can do more than expected using the iPad interface, challenging assumptions about his target audience of 3- to 9-year-olds. He's also used advice from teachers to make the app age-appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Translating Print Mag to Digital\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Finding the best way to translate an established magazine brand into the digital platform can be challenging. \u003ca href=\"http://www.highlights.com/\">Highlights for Children\u003c/a>, one of the best-known American kids' magazines, doesn't yet offer a digital edition, but has \u003ca href=\"http://www.retail-merchandiser.com/special-reports/licensing-reports/1286-highlights-for-children-promoting-potential.html\">licensed\u003c/a> its name for \u003ca href=\"http://www.highlights.com/apps\">iPhone games\u003c/a> created in collaboration with an outside developer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-12211\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/06/childrens-magazines-draw-early-adopters-with-apps/highlights-app/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12211\" title=\"highlights-app\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/highlights-app.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our initial apps are an extension of the magazine in that the art assets originated in print. Our focus, however, was to create the best experience we could for [the iPhone and iPod Touch],\" Christine French Cully, editor in chief of Highlights, said via email. \"It just so happens that our Hidden Pictures puzzles translate very well to this platform.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cricket, part of the appeal of creating apps was finding new audiences for their magazines' content. Letvin says they wanted to \"go beyond the PDF\" of digital replica editions, and capitalize on their publications' unique strengths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We felt we had distinctive content, and a lot of fine art -- not just cartoon art or computer art,\" said Letvin. Future content for their Ladybug's Bookshelf app will include a rebus and original music based on the work of author Edward Lear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advertising is also a challenge when children are the target audience. Timbuktu, a free app, will likely begin to include more contextual advertising from carefully selected companies that fits the editorial content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's something that, together with editorial content, contributes to the stories, and so to the growth of children,\" Favilli said. \"Of course, advertising, and especially advertising for children, has a negative perception among people, but we think a good form of advertising can be just another instrument of communication and learning for children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our initial apps are an extension of the magazine in that the art assets originated in print. Our focus, however, was to create the best experience we could for [the iPhone and iPod Touch],\" Christine French Cully, editor in chief of Highlights, said via email. \"It just so happens that our Hidden Pictures puzzles translate very well to this platform.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cricket, part of the appeal of creating apps was finding new audiences for their magazines' content. Letvin says they wanted to \"go beyond the PDF\" of digital replica editions, and capitalize on their publications' unique strengths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We felt we had distinctive content, and a lot of fine art -- not just cartoon art or computer art,\" said Letvin. Future content for their Ladybug's Bookshelf app will include a rebus and original music based on the work of author Edward Lear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advertising is also a challenge when children are the target audience. Timbuktu, a free app, will likely begin to include more contextual advertising from carefully selected companies that fits the editorial content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's something that, together with editorial content, contributes to the stories, and so to the growth of children,\" Favilli said. \"Of course, advertising, and especially advertising for children, has a negative perception among people, but we think a good form of advertising can be just another instrument of communication and learning for children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Young Readers Interact Socially, Globally\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>One of the most exciting possibilities of kids' magazine apps is the potential for children to enjoy reading with each other. Interactive magazine apps potentially offer a new social environment for young readers, where they could discuss stories and play educational games together. The ease of circulating digital magazines globally can draw readers from many countries into the discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Letvin of Cricket says kids love the magazines' Letterbox sections. They enjoy reading what other children have written and contributing their own thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Children's magazines are wonderful for creating a sense of community,\" Letvin said. She anticipates a time when \"digital magazines are able to do some of these things, including some social connections, particularly if it involves international contexts with other schools.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12212\" title=\"timbuktu-ask\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-ask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timbuktu includes a section called \"Ask Auntie Rita\" that uses letters from children. Favilli says they hope to open the section to readers' letters in the next issue, which could be written by Timbuktu's worldwide audience and submitted within the magazine app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kids are also increasingly taking control of their own digital experiences. \"When our first apps came out, they were primarily downloaded by parents and 'passed back' to children. Since then, more and more kids have been getting their own devices,\" said Cully of Highlights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means that many children now have direct access to apps developed especially for them -- apps that are offering sophisticated, interactive reading experiences, which will soon be social and globally interconnected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These truly early adopters of digital magazine technology are growing up with high expectations for the media they consume. The question is whether publishers will anticipate this youthful audience's demands and fulfill them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Susan Currie Sivek, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Mass Communication and Journalism Department at California State University, Fresno. Her research focuses on magazines and media communities. She also blogs at \u003ca href=\"http://sivekmedia.com/\">sivekmedia.com\u003c/a>, and is the magazine correspondent for MediaShift.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/05/childrens-magazines-cater-to-true-early-adopters-with-mobile-apps137.html\"> PBS MediaShift\u003c/a>, covering the intersection of \u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-12215\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/06/childrens-magazines-draw-early-adopters-with-apps/pbs-mediashift-logo-final-2/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-12215 alignleft\" title=\"pbs mediashift logo final\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/pbs-mediashift-logo-final-140x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"67\" height=\"67\">\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cem>media and technology. Follow \u003ca href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/pbsmediashift\">@PBSMediaShift\u003c/a> for Twitter updates, or join us on \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/mediashift\">Facebook\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timbuktu editor in chief and founder Elena Favilli said the magazine's goal is to \"combine education and technology to display everyday news.\" She said news is typically presented only for adults.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\"It's not just going to be one medium or another. It's going to be a technology ecology.\"\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Children are usually completely cut off from it,\" Favilli said. \"We tend to think ... that children only like fantastic and imaginary tales, but the themes we read every day in newspapers also have great potential for [children's] personal growth and learning.\"\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cricketmag.com/home.asp\">publisher\u003c/a> of the Ladybug and Cricket print magazines for young readers is also extending those brands through the development of educational, reading-focused apps. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.cricketmag.com/iphone\">Ladybug's Bookshelf\u003c/a> iPhone app offers stories with animation and sound so that kids can either read on their own or have the story read to them, along with other interactive features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To my mind, nothing replaces the parent at the bedside reading the story, or looking at picture books in the library, but I think more and more of these different platforms and options give children different ways of connecting with literature,\" said Alice Letvin, editorial director for the Cricket Magazine Group at parent company Carus Publishing. \"The imaginative engagement can be heightened through these apps, [as well as] the pleasure of being in control of your own learning, doing it at your own pace. It's something that can be very motivating.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Bringing Digital Magazines into Children's Worlds\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Some might question whether even the best-designed children's magazine app or game can offer a valuable experience for growing minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ischool.umd.edu/content/allison-druin-0\">Allison Druin\u003c/a>, associate dean for research at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, researches children's use of technology. She believes that digital magazines won't even register with today's children as distinctive from reading experiences in other media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not just going to be one medium or another. It's going to be a technology ecology,\" Druin said. \"Sometimes they're going to be reading on one form of media, sometimes another. Kids do not care what they're reading on, as long as they can curl up in their bed, on the floor, in a corner.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Druin suggests that the main concern in designing reading-related apps for kids is \"whether the interface gets in the way.\" Accessibility and ease of use are key, as well as maximizing the capabilities of the digital device.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Making Apps Accessible for Children\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Publishers and developers are striving to make their magazine apps intuitive, immersive and fun for kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.portegno-apps.com/?p=245\">KidsMag\u003c/a> is a brand-new iPad app released in early May that includes a collection of informative and educational games, such as number and letter games and an interactive audio-based story about firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KidsMag's creator, Gabriel Pasqualini of Portegno Apps, was inspired by watching his own children, ages 1 and 3, interact with the iPad. The children test new games before they're released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The relationship they have with the iPad is incredible, the way they handle it and play games,\" Pasqualini said. He's found that kids can do more than expected using the iPad interface, challenging assumptions about his target audience of 3- to 9-year-olds. He's also used advice from teachers to make the app age-appropriate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Translating Print Mag to Digital\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Finding the best way to translate an established magazine brand into the digital platform can be challenging. \u003ca href=\"http://www.highlights.com/\">Highlights for Children\u003c/a>, one of the best-known American kids' magazines, doesn't yet offer a digital edition, but has \u003ca href=\"http://www.retail-merchandiser.com/special-reports/licensing-reports/1286-highlights-for-children-promoting-potential.html\">licensed\u003c/a> its name for \u003ca href=\"http://www.highlights.com/apps\">iPhone games\u003c/a> created in collaboration with an outside developer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca rel=\"attachment wp-att-12211\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2011/06/childrens-magazines-draw-early-adopters-with-apps/highlights-app/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12211\" title=\"highlights-app\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/highlights-app.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our initial apps are an extension of the magazine in that the art assets originated in print. Our focus, however, was to create the best experience we could for [the iPhone and iPod Touch],\" Christine French Cully, editor in chief of Highlights, said via email. \"It just so happens that our Hidden Pictures puzzles translate very well to this platform.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cricket, part of the appeal of creating apps was finding new audiences for their magazines' content. Letvin says they wanted to \"go beyond the PDF\" of digital replica editions, and capitalize on their publications' unique strengths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We felt we had distinctive content, and a lot of fine art -- not just cartoon art or computer art,\" said Letvin. Future content for their Ladybug's Bookshelf app will include a rebus and original music based on the work of author Edward Lear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advertising is also a challenge when children are the target audience. Timbuktu, a free app, will likely begin to include more contextual advertising from carefully selected companies that fits the editorial content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's something that, together with editorial content, contributes to the stories, and so to the growth of children,\" Favilli said. \"Of course, advertising, and especially advertising for children, has a negative perception among people, but we think a good form of advertising can be just another instrument of communication and learning for children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our initial apps are an extension of the magazine in that the art assets originated in print. Our focus, however, was to create the best experience we could for [the iPhone and iPod Touch],\" Christine French Cully, editor in chief of Highlights, said via email. \"It just so happens that our Hidden Pictures puzzles translate very well to this platform.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Cricket, part of the appeal of creating apps was finding new audiences for their magazines' content. Letvin says they wanted to \"go beyond the PDF\" of digital replica editions, and capitalize on their publications' unique strengths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We felt we had distinctive content, and a lot of fine art -- not just cartoon art or computer art,\" said Letvin. Future content for their Ladybug's Bookshelf app will include a rebus and original music based on the work of author Edward Lear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advertising is also a challenge when children are the target audience. Timbuktu, a free app, will likely begin to include more contextual advertising from carefully selected companies that fits the editorial content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's something that, together with editorial content, contributes to the stories, and so to the growth of children,\" Favilli said. \"Of course, advertising, and especially advertising for children, has a negative perception among people, but we think a good form of advertising can be just another instrument of communication and learning for children.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Young Readers Interact Socially, Globally\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>One of the most exciting possibilities of kids' magazine apps is the potential for children to enjoy reading with each other. Interactive magazine apps potentially offer a new social environment for young readers, where they could discuss stories and play educational games together. The ease of circulating digital magazines globally can draw readers from many countries into the discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Letvin of Cricket says kids love the magazines' Letterbox sections. They enjoy reading what other children have written and contributing their own thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Children's magazines are wonderful for creating a sense of community,\" Letvin said. She anticipates a time when \"digital magazines are able to do some of these things, including some social connections, particularly if it involves international contexts with other schools.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-12212\" title=\"timbuktu-ask\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2011/06/timbuktu-ask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timbuktu includes a section called \"Ask Auntie Rita\" that uses letters from children. 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