Baby Mouse, graphic novels authors--Matthew Holm and Jennifer Holm are writing a new graphic series about an amoeba. I have heard them in person (IRA 2011) and they are great on this podcast too. I think kids would like hearing this podcast!
Qrcodes (really just bar codes) will make it easy to make sure our students (and others) connect immediately with the item we want--no more searching through a class website. Looks interesting.