http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/31/new-years-honours-computing
A great example of how important the field of computer science is:
“One of the world’s leading computer scientists, Prof Wendy Hall, has been made a dame in the new year’s honours list for services to science and technology.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_programming_language
Wikipedia has a list of programming languages that can be used for educational purposes in children through university.
Besides teaching kids about computers, you should teach how to be responsible with disposing of computer equipment. Staples seems to have a very good program for this!
http://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/marketing/ecoeasy/techrecycling.pdf
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece
An interesting article discussing how much of an environmental impact Google searches have.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1870485,00.html
An excellent article describing the statistics of e-waste in the US, what it is doing to people in China and what you can do about it.
http://www.fandome.com/video/107610/The-Mystery-of-the-Yellow-Line/
A subset of virtual reality is augmented reality. In augmented reality, computer generated graphics overlay images of the real world.
Here is a video explaining how the first-down line on football broadcasts actually works. This is probably the example of augmented reality that most people are familiar with.
http://scour.com/ looks like an interesting new tool for searching the Web. Teach students how to search the Web using the latest and greatest tools!
Some videos showing progress made in the field of robotics in 2008.
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/21897/?a=f
Some highlights from the world of robotics
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=330106
Certain types of IT skills are in great demand right now. Here is a list
