Podcast: 'The Google Generation' - myth or reality?

A new report, commissioned by the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee and The British Library, counters the common assumption that young people brought up in the internet age are especially adept at using the web. Listen to the podcast.

MIT: U.S. Teens Confident in Their Inventiveness

News: Press Releases: "American teens are confident they can invent solutions to some of the world’s pressing challenges, such as protecting and restoring the natural environment, but more than half feel unprepared for careers in technology and engineering, the Lemelson-MIT Invention Index has found this year."

Frontline - Growing Up Online

"Growing Up Online," looks at the Internet through the eyes of teens and their parents - from bullying to instant fame and sexual predators. The series investigates the risks, realities and misconceptions of teen self-expression on the Web.

Fair(y) Use Video

Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created a humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of Disney characters. It's posted at the Stanford Law School web site.

All the World’s An Augmented Reality Stage

The Augmented Reality Second Life project at Georgia Institute of Technology is doing some fascinating experiments with having things manipulated in Second Life appear live, moving, in real life… [read the original post on the NMC Campus Observer]