Jason T. Ramsden, CTO @ Ravenscroft School (Raleigh, NC)

to those faculty and non-techie folks then you might want to check out http://www.commoncraft.com/ a company out of Seattle, WA. They use a simple format and real-world stories to make sense of complex ideas. In short, think of UPS' commercial concept used to explain twitter, RSS feeds, blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, etc. Here is an excellent example of their twitter explanation - http://www.youtube.com/user/leelefever