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"I grew up on a healthy regimen of Choose-Your-Own Adventure books, Nintendo, and role playing games, but even I am intimidated by the new brand of interactive storytelling that is flooding the iPad. More designers are exploring how the frenzy around Apple's tablet computer is evolving e-books into something new. Sure, you can find traditional children's picture books directly translated onto the iPad that simply let you flip through on a touchscreen, but there's so much more the medium allows. Embedded games, interactive backgrounds, responsive audio, non-linear stories - "books" on the iPad have become something much better: immersive experiences. I've got a host of videos to show you what I mean, check them out below. Combining games, books, music, and voices in compelling ways, these early attempts to revolutionize storytelling on the iPad are exciting…but they're just the beginning. Give it a few years and the lines between these different ways of telling stories will blur so far we'll have to come up with a new name. 'Books' just doesn't cut it anymor"

This is how it works: You enter the email address of a person. (Think about it: searching by email address is much more precise than by a person's name. How many "Robert Lees" do you think there are in the world?) Spokeo then searches the public records of fifty social sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, Amazon Gifts, and the blogosphere. Then Spokeo produces a report of matches that it's found.

"On Monday June 2, 2014, Apple took the wraps of the next generation of its mobile operating system, iOS 8. It will be available as a free download in the Fall of 2104. In this article we will take a look at the implications that this has for schools and for teaching and learning with iOS devices. iOS 8 is not the momentous change that iOS 7 was, but it builds on what already exists and extends that functionality with some exciting new features. Here's what to expect."

"What happens when you gather 14 of the world's brightest teenagers at Singularity University and ask them to design the future of education? During last summer's Exponential Youth Camp  (XYC) pilot here at SU, we found out. Here are the teens' six tips for entrepreneurs and educators building future of education."

"The Ancient Greeks loved algorithms, and devised lots of useful ones. One of the most famous is the Sieve of Eratosthenes. It is a way to find prime numbers, special numbers that are also known as the atoms of numbers. Prime numbers now form the basis of our most powerful encryption systems upon which digital money is based. Our electronic banking systems (and lots more) would collapse without prime numbers. You can use the Sieve of Eratosthenes as a way to practice times tables, spot patterns and explore how to improve algorithms, whilst also uncovering these mysterious, magical numbers with no obvious pattern of their own. Here you can follow in the footsteps of Eratosthenes and develop your algorithmic thinking skills."

"This site is intended for home learning use during our extended spring break... or anytime! I've collected some of my favourite sites, YouTube channels, and special events here for you. In this time of uncertainty, it is so amazing to see all of the individual teachers, artists, musicians, and authors as well as some of the big educational companies come together to offer free, fun activities and learning opportunities for kids and families to do at home. I hope you take some time to visit the links, and have some fun together. I know I will be visiting them with my own children! I will update this site as new events are scheduled and as I find more to share! "