Virtual Worlds go to Congress
posts and podcast on the topic:
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce -Congress Hearing on “Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium” http://energycommerce.house.gov/cmte_mtgs/110-ti-hrg.040108.VirtualWorlds.shtml
(access the archived webcast or download it; access the PDF of the witnesses’ prepared testimony)
Summary: First educational hearing on usage of VW; mention of digital divide, policies, regulations, future of the internet, etc; general reactions from Congressmen about SL; Testimonies)
RezEd Podcast, Episode 1- Virtual Worlds go to Congress
http://www.rezed.org/forum/topic/show?id=2047896%3ATopic%3A431
Other important documents
NMC Horizon Report 2008
http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2008-Horizon-Report.pdf
New Media and Learning Initiatives
http://www.nmc.org/initiatives/new-media-learning
Meme.com summary of the congressional hearing
http://www.memebox.com/futureblogger/show/306
