Handing a laptop to kids isn't necessarily going to be a magic bullet for improving student learning.

And where does magic come from? I think that magic's in the learning.

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.

I think that there's a strong crossover in that Janis, studying the visual arts, was learning how to break it down into details and see how to get the expression that we wanted. And her visual art is emotionally expressive as her singing was. And, I think, when she switched over to singing, she already knew that it was something serious that you broke into pieces so she developed the ability to break it down and learn little riffs that she could throw in here and there.

Many parents want a magic bullet to keep their kids safe, but kids can usually find a way around this parental control software. In protecting kids, the key element is education and getting parents involved.

The kids are smart and are terrific listeners. They are learning something on jump after jump. It's obvious they're having a blast.