Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Interesting article on technology trends

This is an interesting article to help identify things that should be on our "radar screens."

Six key ed-tech trends to watch


http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID=6842

The trends they discuss include:
Trend No. 1: The leveling power of the World Wide Web
Trend No. 2: Cloud computing
Trend No. 3: Service-oriented architecture
Trend No. 4: The gathering SCORM
Trend No. 5: Telepresence and anytime, anywhere education
Trend No. 6: 21st-century learning

While, at a minimum, vaguely familiar with all these ideas, this article helped me better understand all these trends and their potential importance to education.