Linkage: How Boomers Use Tech, Expansion of eLearning & Digital Storytelling

Facebook Doesn't Forget: Editorial piece in last weeks LA Times all about lifecasting and Facebook.

HP Launches Mini Laptop Program: HP announces that they are deploying 7,000 of their HP Mini Note laptops in the Fresno Unified School District.

71% of School Districts to Expand eLearning: The results of a joint survey conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and U.S. Department of Education (DOE) were released earlier this month and provide more insight into the totally wired world of Gen Y students'.

Digital Storytelling Project: Penguin Books UK recently launched, We Tell Stories, an ambitious digital reading project aimed squarely at the reading styles of Gen Y students.

Nintendo DS in Japanese Schools: In a pilot program aimed at increasing English language skills, teachers in Japan are integrating the wildly popular Nintendo DS into the curriculum.

Research from the Digital Futures Project shows that the online behavior of older Americans (50+) is rapidly mirroring, and in some cases exceeding, that of younger Gen Y users.

Linkage: NECC, Web Safety & Gen Y Research

Report on Gen Y, Technology & Learning: A new report from Blackboard and Project Tomorrow provides new insight into the sociological impact of online learning on education.

NECC 2008: Social Media & Education: Check out this transcript of a back channel chat from NECC 2008 where teachers talk about the challenges of using social media in the classroom.

Teachers.tv: Check out this video to learn some common sense classroom activities related to student use of social networks, chat and social media.