Australian authorities consider the use of Creative Commons licensing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/feb/14/freeourdata.intellectualproperty

student as gadget ?

Thought provoking article 'http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2008/01/13/is-pedagogy-getting-in-the-way-of-learning/  The replies are as worthy as the post. 

.. IM & Social networking ?

velvetpuffin - that name just sounds so good I had to post it.

http://www.velvetpuffin.com/