THE AMANDA PROJECT: INVISIBLE I is a new eight-book multiplatform series for teen girls that merges a traditional paperback book with online interactivity. The Amanda Project web site features social networking, online games, and user generated content to create a totally collaborative reading experience for girls ages 12 and up. The story surrounds a ninth grader who goes missing. In an effort to find her, her friends keep getting clues that indicate that she is still out there somewhere. At the Amanda Project web site, users can become a character, create a profile, comment on weekly stories and post their own theories (with the chance to be included in future…
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PBS KIDS GO! CyberChase Lets Kids Take Control of a Web Series
When I was younger PBS is all I watched. PBS has decided to not only bring the fun and education to the small screen but your computer screen as well. PBS KIDS GO! is a website filled with educational cartoons by Cyberchase. “Cyberchase has created educational web games using Panache’s ad insertion software, originally designed for use in online popup ads. Cyberchase, (along with PBS KIDS), is appropriating this interactive advertising technology in designing games that appear as interactive layers over Buzz & Delete short form web videos.” Overall, the site is a lot of fun and lets you be very interactive with the show you are watching as it…
