This video is of Michael Wesch talking to the Library of Congress is a must see for educators.
Whe you have 55 minutes, you should watch it. It's worth your time, I promise.
Wesch also spoke at the CHAT festival in Chapel Hill earlier this year that Newman and I attended. He hit on some of the same points, but this talk below is quite extradordinary. It is an expansion of his short video by the same name.
Technology does not determine practice. How people embrace technology has less to do with the technology itself than with the social setting in which they are embedded. Those who are immersed in a techno-savvy, technophilic community are far more likely to embrace technology than those whose social world is shaped by other patterns of consumption and communication.
A list of things to try this semester. If you are looking for where to begin integrating technology into your classroom, pick one of the technology tools from this list.