[CALIBK12] [TECH TRENDS] 2009 Horizon Report & Info Literacy

[Jackie Siminitus]

RE:  2009 Horizon Report - Technology Trendshttp://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf 




Here is a good way to start the new year.  Read, share, and discuss the 2009 Horizon Report.  It is co-published by the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and released in January at the ELI Conference in Orlando, FL.  

Seriously.
Read the 36-page report carefully. Then share and discuss it with your
technology teams, administrators, colleagues, and high school students. The focus is on
technology application trends in higher education. Think about how the
technologies would be used in other settings, such as libraries or K12
schools. There is a web version of the report that encourages comments.  Read and comment about the six trends:
ONE YEAR ( or less) Horizon:  Mobiles and Cloud Computing2-3 YEARS:  Geo-Everything and The Personal Web4-5 YEARS:  Semantic-Aware Applications and Smart Objects

In addition to trends, the Horizon report listed 5 critical challenges.  Librarians will be particularly interested in the first challenge: "There is a growing need for formal instruction in key new skills, including information literacy, visual literacy, and technological literacy."

I've looked through the report once and now need to re-read to learn, think, and contribute to the discussion.  Hope you will find the report useful in preparing yourself and your school community for what is just around the corner or over the horizon. For CSLA 2.0 team bloggers, this is a good item to blog about!

Best wishes. 

- Jackie Siminitus 
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http://SchoolLibraryLearning2.blogspot.com  
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