The first one is slightly too loud, has a fatboy slim soundtrack you'll want to turn off, but has some amazing statistics in it. It reminded us that it really is the social impact of technology that excites us.

This next film has been through many versions, this one is the 2007  official update to the original "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod - it is now called "Did you Know?". It is much gentler affair and is much more focused on how technology is changing the role and function of education around the world, something we are truly obsessed about.

This is the very latest version of the video, remixed and added to by Karl Fisch in partnership with XPLANE and The Economist, just in the last month. This one is loaded with new stuff and has quite a lot more detail crammed in to it. It really is amazing to see these videos change and get better over time - in many ways their form is their message

Very nice little slide-based round-up here of key trends in music-based games from Stuart Dredge of music think-tank and consultancy Musically. Nothing to add really, except to say we're intrigued by the implications here for music teaching, as ever... Anyway, it's pretty comprehensive so enjoy: