Adding to the pile of reading for work and for pleasure, I'd like to add this video to watch:
Sugata Mitra's TED Talk presentation, as pointed out by Huffington Post, which begs the question: "In the world’s richest country - indeed, in all ‘Westernized’ societies - what are our (pitiful?) excuses, again, for not putting computers in the hands of our children every day at school and giving them greater agency over their own learning?"