The NMC (New Media Consortium) Project identifies emerging technologies and their impact on K-12 education. Sheryl Nussbaum Beach, Will Richardson, and Alec Couros all served on the advisory board, which helped produce this latest report, using carefully constructed research methods.
Within a given timeline, the committee identifies and shared thoughts on six topics in the report. From technologies to watch to cloud computing, the committee asked itself what trends and challenges were on the horizon for the next five years.
- Cloud Computing
- Mobiles
- Game-Based Learning
- Open Content
- Learning Analytics
- Personal Learning Environments
Do you agree with the report? What resonates? Would you add anything?
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Thanks for posting about the NMC Horizon Report. I’m new enough to 21st Century Skills that I didn’t know about it. It’s timely because we are trying to decide whether we would prefer to use laptops or iPads in a 5th grade class. I was leaning towards laptops, maybe because I am more familiar with them as I’ve only had my iPad a couple of weeks. The Horizon Report mentions mobiles, including tablets, as one of the technologies to watch in the near-term horizon because they may well become the internet access device of choice. As more of our younger grade students begin to live with their mobile devices by their sides, it makes sense for us to capitalize on their uses for learning, rather than ask them to do something different at school. It’s at least something else to consider as we decide.
Thanks for weighing in on this Mary Lee. The debate over tablets and laptops seems to be happening often and everywhere now. I haven’t purchased an iPad yet, but I can see it coming soon. Hey, I have to be part of the decision-making, don’t I? 🙂
Mary Lee – Be sure to check out the work of Scottish educator Fraser Speirs, who was highlighted in this post at the ASCD Inservice blog, back in February. You can follow links from there:
http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2011/02/fraser-speirs.html
He’s good on what iPads will and won’t do well… It may be you need both!