LeVar Burton

If we marry educational technology with quality, enriching content, that's a circle of win.

I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.

It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek, ' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.

We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.

This wired generation is kind of cool.

And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.

We have an amazing advantage right now in that we have developed technology that is so sexy, so engaging for kids.