virtual journal clubs are a damn good idea:
Every Friday I pick a paper from the ACM Digital Library that is found by the search term +connected +2005 +"mobile device" +"user interface", and write a brief discussion of it. Why? Because it makes me actually read them.Every first year graduate student should be forced to do this on a specific topic, plus add a bookmark to a departmental social bookmarking service, applying some appropriate tags. Senior grad students should be assigned to review the discussions on a rotating basis.
[Via 106 Miles to Chicago (White Sox are still WS Champs!!)]