Tips by Tony

Interactive Fiction (IF) is a type of story where the player uses text commands to control the main character and influence the environment, and is often used to refer to text adventures. IF can be used to simulate an historical event or location, or to create an entirely new fictional environment.

These are just a few of the articles I found interesting last week. This week’s crop looks at literacy and Language Arts, accountability in education, ‘No Chile Left Behind,’ a free digital magazine, and how the web and weblog have changed writing.

From the “why didn’t I think of that” files comes a new twist on an old story. A new blog is publishing the entire text of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in real time.