NETWORK NEUTRALITY IS BACK U.S. Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) introduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008 on Feb. 13 in the House of Representatives. The bipartisan bill resurrects the campaign to keep phone and cable companies from exerting their influence to restrict or control Internet access for commercial purposes. In 2006, legislation was introduced to amend the Telecommunications Act to protect neutrality. It died, but since then, supporters have continued working for a nationwide conversation to set policy about the future of the Internet. To lend your voice or learn more, go to www.savetheinternet.com.

ED TV Educators and students looking for a quick visual fix on the state of education today should check out "After Ed TV," a Web-based video channel produced by EdLab at Teachers College, Columbia University. The channel, which debuted in January, is programming for a college-aged audience and features TC students narrating and producing content in catchy, not-pedantic ways. Recent shows interviewed students on what education topics presidential candidates should be focusing on, star professors, and more. Regular features include "10 Things You Don't Know" about education and-a personal favorite-"Pep & Squeek's Review," where lab rats discuss educational themes in popular movies. Go to http://aftered.tv.

NOT SO SMART The next batch of students beating a path to college were born post-Google and grew up with the Internet as their sandbox. While facile with computers, they are not discriminating about the value of the information their Google and Yahoo searches turn up (see related story). A recent study, presciently titled "The Information Behavior of the Researcher of the Future," lays out what librarians and educators need to do to help students be information-literate today so they will be better academics and scholars tomorrow. The report is from the Joint Information Systems Committee, at www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/reppres/gg_final_keynote_11012008.pdf.