Meet Getting Ready's e-Zines -- an interactive multimedia version of the popular print magazine. This is just flat out cool stuff. Imagine, having all of GR's practical wisdom on life skills and busting it out into an electronic and interactive dimension. GR's e-Zines were first introduced to Vstreet.com, Northwest Media's virtual life skills community on the Web, and now they're also available on CD-ROM.
Seventeen issues cover all the classic life skills topics: from education to transportation, anger management to self-improvement, even teen parenting to legal rights. Each e-zine includes interactive teen interviews, short animated 'toons, teen-created poetry, art, and recipes.
True to GR's unique connection to youth, the issues are packed with valuable information about life and social skills. For example, the issue on education has two interactive, visual page-turners -- one about Francisco, "the super student," and the other about Cheryl, who is becoming a plumber. The issue has three punchy 'toons about planning (Good Plan/Bad Plan), career development (A Tale of 3 Cyndis), and study tips. Teens love the 'toons. They really bring the message home in a way that's anything but boring. Rounding out the issue is some terrific poetry and art submitted by GR readers and an animated recipe on fried eggs.
And trainers -- you will really love this: each story and 'toon now has follow-up Q&A exercises available that give users the opportunity to test their knowledge on what they just viewed. Teens answer a short set of true-false or multiple choice questions about each story and 'toon. They get reinforced lessons, and you can track the skills they are learning. GR's e-Zines are truly remarkable and totally contemporary tools for teaching life skills.
