Summer is nearly is upon us. Before we all head for the beach (or into the morass of some interminable system "upgrade"), this is a perfect time to reflect on the past academic year. We suspect that somewhere on your campus, someone did something interesting with technology in the service of liberal education. We want to uncover those stories of innovation, and to share reflections on how these innovations worked (...or didn't). We are also interested in more theoretical thought pieces that tackle some of the larger, important issues that surround our domain.

Academic Commons (http://www.academiccommons.org ) is designed to share such news and analysis within our community, via essays, reviews, interviews, vignettes, showcases, and more. And we offer a not-inconsequential honorarium for most of the pieces we publish.
 
Don't like to write? Please consider sending us ideas, links, suggestions for people to interview or a website to feature, or send this query to someone on your campus who might like an opportunity to contribute to this conversation.

To help you understand what we are looking for, we've created our Suggested Themes at http://www.academiccommons.org/themes06. The themes are:

• Open Source / Open Access (aka the "free as a free kitten" issue)
• Educational Gaming
• New Media and Higher Education
• Emerging Literacies and Pedagogies
• So What? The Unbearable Burden of Assessing Technology in the Classroom
• Social Software (aka web 2.0):  Challenges and Possibilities

We are eager to hear from you! Look for our new issue just in time for the Fall semester. And don't forget to wear a hat. And sunblock. Lots of sunblock.
 

Enjoy.
 

Sincerely,
The Academic Commons Editorial Staff

Jennifer Curran, Managing Editor

Bryan Alexander, NITLE
David Bogen, Emerson College
John Ottenhoff, Alma College
Michael Roy, Wesleyan University
Peter Schilling, Amherst College
Rachel Smith, NMC
M. Claire Stewart, Northwestern University