"Are spam, hackers, privacy concerns and commercialization killing social media?"

for your study break :) what if the internet disappeared today? (in pictures)

Microsoft patent application proposes generating fat avatars for people whose health records indicate that they are overweight

from youtube to hollywood

"Soon, real criminal investigation teams will be using videogame technology to help forensic scientists collaborate virtually to re-create what happened at the scene of the crime."

2009 edublog award ceremony. tonight.

the rise of the ebook

facebook poses some serious threats to our privacy with its latest privacy control mechanisms.

you can become a google certified teacher by attending the Google Teacher Academy

mobile communication platforms help African farmers fight effects of climate change

a literacy program delivered through mobile phones helped close literacy gap in pakistan

This article is not directly related to education, but it gives you a sense of how much information youth today might be consuming. An average American consumed 34 gigabytes per day in 2008. From the executive summary: 'In 2008, Americans consumed information for about 1.3 trillion hours, an average of almost 12 hours per day. Consumption totaled 3.6 zettabytes and 10,845 trillion words, corresponding to 100,500 words and 34 gigabytes for an average person on an average day. A zettabyte is 10 to the 21st power bytes, a million million gigabytes. These estimates are from an analysis of more than 20 different sources of information, from very old (newspapers and books) to very new (portable computer games, satellite radio, and Internet video). Information at work is not included.'

designing e-textbooks

Virginia Tech's L2Ork, the world's first Linux-based laptop orchestra. With its affordable design and support from the Linux community, L2Ork hopes to bring laptop orchestras to K-12 education and beyond.

on "electronic bathroom wall": elite universities are struggling with the problem of anonymous gossip sites