# What I&#039;ve starred this week: August 25, 2009

Here's some posts which have caught my attention this week:

- [Second Life out as techies embrace cloud email](http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=407839&c=1) - *August 20, 2009*
- [google: RT @igoogle: New iGoogle social gadgets have been rolled out to 100% of users. Try them and let us know what you think! http://bit.ly/7dYOI](http://twitter.com/google/statuses/3391687201) - *August 19, 2009 - Looks like Google Wave might be taking its first tentative steps in the big bad world*
- [New videos show how researchers use advanced technology](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ac/uabG/~3/7S8kzQDe9Oc/videos.aspx) - *August 21, 2009*
- [Under development: Eric Shepherd’s assessment maturity model](http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/rowin/2009/08/18/under-development-eric-shepherds-assessment-maturity-model/) - *August 18, 2009*
- [Digital Textbooks: 3 Reasons Students Aren’t Ready](http://mashable.com/2009/08/17/digital-textbooks/) - *August 18, 2009*
- [News digest](http://www.sfc.ac.uk/news_events_circulars/mediacentre/news_digest/NewsDigest.aspx) - *August 18, 2009*

*Automatically generated from [my Google Reader Shared Items](http://www.google.com/reader/shared/11609741331127149470).*