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Presents an introduction to digital storytelling and discusses its use in the classroom, and explains the development of five digital stories, each using a different software package, including Riverdeep's Kid Pix, Pinnacle Studio, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Premiere, and Macromedia Flash.

Offers tips and advice to finding a job through social networking Web sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace; and provides step-by-step instructions on joining networks, building online profiles, and discovering job opportunities.

Explores the world's biggest and best fossil sites and illustrates some of the fossils that have been unearthed there. Examines the work of paleontologists and discusses the latest dinosaur discoveries. Includes a dinosaur quiz.

Discover how to research stocks, bonds, and mutual funds on the Web; perform Internet transactions safely; protect yourself from online brokerage outages; save on commissions; and monitor your portfolio online.