Emerging Technologies

Protectionism limits access to materials, ideas and collaborative opportunities
Many teachers do not have the skills to make effective use of emerging technologies, much less teach their students to do so
Assessment contines to be a significant barrier to adopting new tools and approaches
Poor quality broadband limits options at school and at home

There is a growing need for formal instruction in key new skills, including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological literacy.
Students are different, but a lot of educational material is not
Significant shirts are taking place in the ways scholarship and research are conducted, and there is a need for innovation and leadership at all levels of the academy
We are expected, especially in public education, to measure and prove through formal assessment that our students are learning
Higher education is facing a growing expectation to make use of and to deliver services, content and media to mobile devices

There is a growing need for formal instuction in key new skills, including information literacy, visual literacy and technoligical literacy
Students are different, but educational practice and the material that supports it is changing only slowly
Learning that incorporates real life experiences is not occurring enough and is undervalued when it does take place
There is a growing recognition that new technologies must be adopted and used as an everyday part of classroom activities, but effecting this change is difficult
A key challenge is the fundemental structure of the K-12 education establishment

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Worldwide production of over 1 billion mobile phones per year is driving both innovation and adoption of ever more capable portable devices
There is an increasingly important set of influences from the workplace that are impacting how learning is designed and conducted
The increasing connectedness of people around the globe has and continues to dramatically reduce the costs of collaboration
As both connectors and the network increase in connectedness and capability, the set of technologies available to educators grows ever richer

Increasing globalization continues to affect the way we work, collaborate and communicate
The notion of collective intelligence is redefining how we think about ambiguity and imprecision
Experience with and affinity for games as learning tools is an increasingly universal characteristic among those entering higher education and the workforce
Visualization tools are making information more meaningful and insights more intuitive.
As more than one billion phones are produced each year. mobile phones are benefitting from unprecedented innovation, driven by global competition

Technology continues to profoundly affect the way we work, collaborate and communicate
Technology is increasingly a means for empowering students, a method for communication and socializing, and a ubiquitous, transparent part of their lives
The web is an increasingly personal experience
The way we think of learning environments is changing
The perceived value of innovation and creativity is increasing

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Time to adoption: One year and less:
- Virtual Worlds and Other Immersive Digital Environments (eg. Second Life)
- Cloud-based applications (eg. Google Docs)
Time to adoption: Two to Three years:
- Geolocation (eg. Flickr map)
- Alternative Input Devices (eg. wii controller)
Time to adoption: Four to Five years:
- Deep Tagging (eg. Viddler, notes on Flickr photos)
- Next-Generation Mobiles (eg. iPhone, Android)

Time to adoption: One year and less:
- Mobiles
- Cloud Computing
Time to adoption: Two to Three years:
- Geo-everything
- The personal web (eg. Friendfeed)
Time to adoption: Four to Five years:
- Semantic-aware applications (eg. TripIt)
- Smart Objects (eg. Poken)

Time to adoption: One year and less:
- Collaborative environments (eg. Ning)
- Online communication tools (eg. Ustream, Skype)
Time to adoption: Two to Three years:
- Mobiles
- Cloud Computing
Time to adoption: Four to Five years:
- Smart Objects
- The Personal Web

Recent Posts