On NPR's Tell Me More with Michel Martin, Michel discusses with Smokey Fontaine and Mark Lopez the recent Pew study which indicates (like it did last year) that African-Americans and Latinos use cell phones at a much higher rate than their white counterparts. This is especially true among the 18-29 age group. Check out the audio below:

NASA has a new strategy to get more students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM): video games. The question that is always before us is whether or not it can work? Dr. Daniel Laughlin, manager of NASA's Learning Technologies Project believes the video game they developed called Moonbase Alpha will get more students interested in careers in STEM. Check out the audio below from an interview Laughlin recently did with FederalNewsRadio.com:

A novel public school in New York City has taken the video game and video game design as its model for how to teach. Students use video games and design them as part of their classes. As Quest to Learn (q2l) is wrapping up its first year, those behind the program say game-based learning is integral to 21st century literacy. Can it really work? Look for us to conduct an interview with the peeps from Quest to Learn real soon. In the mean time, check out the Quest to Learn interview with NPR below:

Back in 2008 (shortly after Barack Obama was elected president) Computerworld editor Don Tennant provided statistics in an article from their IT survey that showed that "no improvement since last year (at that time 2007), when African-Americans made up just 3% of the IT workforce, with their compensation hovering at about 14% less than that of their white counterparts." Below is the audio of Don Tennant discussing the article he wrote: