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And best of all, it’s FREE!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfmonkey.com\/free_trial\/DownloadBar.asp?SUR2\">Click to<br \/>\nget yours today<\/a>!<\/p>\n<li> <b>FREE Quote !!!<\/b><br \/>\nNow you can obtain the life insurance coverage that ensures<br \/>\nyour family’s home and security at savings of 70% and more.<br \/>\nContact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestquote.com\/pennmedia2.cgi\">BestQuote.com<\/a><br \/>\nfor a free, instant rate comparison of<br \/>\nfive policies prepared specifically for you. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bestquote.com\/pennmedia2.cgi\">BestQuote.com<\/a><br \/>\nhas helped over half a million people shop for insurance.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><BR><H2> Interactive Storytelling<\/H2><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nShould a story be linear, starting at the beginning and ending at the end,<br \/>\nor full of hyperlinks that take you in and out of the story line? Or<br \/>\nperhaps the reader should be able to control the action, making decisions<br \/>\nthat affect the outcome. Or do you think the best stories are<br \/>\npersonalized, so that you play the main character? The Internet holds many<br \/>\npossibilities for storytelling. Here are five examples of interactive<br \/>\nstorytelling, each choosing to use the medium differently.<\/p>\n<p><\/P><H2><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/features\/97\/pirates\/maina.html\">Pirates<\/A><br \/>\n<\/H2><P><IMG SRC=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/images\/star5.gif\" ALT=\"*****\" WIDTH=\"250\" HEIGHT=\"34\"><\/P><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n“Ahoy! Have ye heard the secret of this ramshackle inn where ye’r lodgin’?<br \/>\nThey say it’s full of booty but nobody’s been able to find it.” Join this<br \/>\ninteractive adventure (customized with your very own pirate name), and<br \/>\nwhile looking for the loot, you’ll unearth tales of real pirates. When<br \/>\nyour adventure is finished, click on Books for Buccaneers (from the main<br \/>\nmenu) for elementary and young adult reading lists.<br \/>\n<\/P><H2><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.gti.net\/mountarlington\/RACMAR\/\">Racoons from Mars<\/A><br \/>\n<\/H2><P> <IMG SRC=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/images\/star3.gif\" ALT=\"***\" WIDTH=\"150\" HEIGHT=\"31\"><\/P><br \/>\n<P>“War is a horrible thing. But the war with the Raccoons from Mars was<br \/>\nthe most horrible of all. Mostly because no one is quite sure what really<br \/>\nhappened … or if it happened.” This illustrated science-fiction fantasy<br \/>\nfor middle-schoolers is not linear, but full of hyperlinks that lead you to<br \/>\nmeander through the story line. Yes, it’s convoluted, but that’s part of<br \/>\nits charm. <\/P><H2><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.secretsatsea.org\/\">Secrets at Sea<\/A><br \/>\n<\/H2><P><IMG SRC=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/images\/star5.gif\" ALT=\"*****\" WIDTH=\"250\" HEIGHT=\"34\"><\/P><br \/>\n<P>“Dive into Ace on the Case: Secrets@Sea and see if you can solve the<br \/>\nmystery.” In this educational adventure story for grades four through<br \/>\nseven, the reader steps into the “starring role of Ace, assistant<br \/>\ninvestigator to Paula Pacific, who is assigned to examine unusual<br \/>\nbehaviors noticed in killer whale populations in the Alanamorris Strait.”<br \/>\nAs you pass through the story, you’ll complete a number of ocean-related<br \/>\nactivities, which will lead you to the solution. <\/P><P><\/P><H2><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.searsportrait.com\/storybook\/\">Storybook Station<\/A><br \/>\n<\/H2><br \/>\n<P><IMG SRC=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/images\/star5.gif\" ALT=\"*****\" WIDTH=\"250\" HEIGHT=\"34\"><\/P><br \/>\n<P>This treasure trove for pre-schoolers and early readers houses dozens<br \/>\n(and dozens) of customized stories for reading-aloud and printing out.<br \/>\nAnswer a few questions (“My first name is …” “I am a ..” “Two of my<br \/>\nneighborhood friends are …”) and you’ll be treated to an illustrated<br \/>\nstory, personalized just for you. Topics include Holidays (“Hanukkah<br \/>\nLatkes, Yum”), Adventure (“Letter to my Alien Parents”), Birthdays (“A<br \/>\nBirthday Picnic with Friends”), My World (“Back to School”) and Baby (“My<br \/>\nBaby’s First Birthday.”)<br \/>\n<\/P><H2><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.eduplace.com\/tales\/\">Wacky Web Tales<\/A><br \/>\n<\/H2><br \/>\n<P><IMG SRC=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/images\/star4.gif\" ALT=\"****\" WIDTH=\"201\" HEIGHT=\"32\"><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Remember these? To complete each Wacky Web Tale, fill in the blanks as<br \/>\nrequested (a noun, an adjective, a boy’s name, a verb ending in -ing.) In<br \/>\naddition to tales created by the publisher Houghton Mifflin, there is also<br \/>\na ninety-day archive of tales written by readers like you. To submit your<br \/>\nown tale, follow the Submit Tale link (look in the left hand margin), but<br \/>\nbe sure to read the Tips for Writing a Wacky Tale first. 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