Make things easy for users, and remove cognitive distractions... I think these are great rules for our area of work with faculty on tech integration as well.
Textbook publishers experiment with iPad-based lessons. More textbook publishers are offering resources for the iPad as they consider whether such tablet devices are the future of textbooks
About 150 Chicago-area students attended a summit designed to teach them how to use social media to educate and mobilize others about social causes. The workshop, hosted by the National Council of La Raza, challenged students to use social-networking tools the way civil-rights leaders once used traditional media to promote their cause.