Last week, I participated in a webcast from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) on Emerging Technology Trends in K-12. The webcast previewed the 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition, the second in a series of annual reports focused on emerging technology use in elementary and secondary education. Produced by the New Media Consortium in collaboration with CoSN, the report identifies six emerging technologies that likely will have an impact on K-12 education in the next one to five years. Time to Adoption: One Year or Less Cloud Computing has transformed the way schools think about computing and communication, data storage and access, and collaborative work. Many cloud computing solutions are available today, and being deployed by a growing number of schools. Collaborative Environments give students tremendous opportunities to interact with peers and mentors, to experience other worldviews, and to model work patterns that characterize many real-world professions. Time to Adoption: Two to Three Years Interest in Game-Based Learning has grown as research continues to demonstrate its instructional effectiveness. Games for education run the gamut from single-player or small-group board games, to those involving multiple online players and “alternate realities.” Mobile Devices represent an untapped resource for reaching students, providing a [...]
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