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MindShare Learning Report

The following three links come from MindShare Learning based in Toronto.
 
The first is the EdTech Teacher Survey which isn’t actually a projection source but it does give you a Canadian perspective.
 
The second is Top Ten EdTech Predictions. This brief list give a general overview of the Canadian technology landscape. MindShare Learning works with educators, school districts, universities and businesses (K-20) across Canada and as such the team there has a good handle on what is happening across Canada in regard to technology, innovation and education. The list basically repeats what the other lists talk about but it does include some specific Canadian content which makes it a quick, useful read.
 
The third are the monthly Top Ten reports. These reports include infographics, podcasts with thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs, industry and ministry news. Again, the value is much of this curated list has a Canadian focus which is refreshing in the EdTech space.
 
 
 
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OECD: Innovation Strategy for Education & Training

OECD – Innovation Strategy of Education and Training

The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.

The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. We work with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change. We measure productivity and global flows of trade and investment. We analyse and compare data to predict future trends. We set international standards on a wide range of things, from agriculture and tax to the safety of chemicals.

Innovation is a driver of growth and well-being. New technologies, products, services and organisations create jobs and rejuvenate industries – while making others obsolete. To reap the gains of innovation, policy makers need to understand how the way we innovate is changing and what this implies for education and training policies.

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NMC Horizon Reports

New Media Consortium: Horizon Reports

The NMC (New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology — from the practitioners who work with new technologies on campuses every day; to the visionaries who are shaping the future of learning at think tanks, labs, and research centers; to its staff and board of directors; to the advisory boards and others helping the NMC conduct cutting edge research.

The internationally recognized NMC Horizon Report series and regional NMC Technology Outlooks are part of the NMC Horizon Project, a comprehensive research venture established in 2002 that identifies and describes key trends, significant challenges, and emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the coming five years in education around the globe. 

NMC Horizon Reports separately cover Higher Education, K-12, Museums and Libraries.

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THE Journal

THE Journal

THE Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology. Launched in 1972, THE Journal was the first magazine to cover education technology.

THE Journal is the leading resource for administrative, technical, and academic technology leaders in K-12 education.

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Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends

Gartner: Top Ten Strategic Technologies

Each year, Gartner Research compiles a list of the top technology trends that have the potential to affect individuals, businesses and IT organizations during the next three years. For the second consecutive year, the Nexus of Forces — mobile, social, cloud and information — permeates most of Gartner’s Top 10 list as it continues to drive change and create new opportunities.

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Educause: Seven Things

Educause: Seven Things

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education.

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI’s) 7 Things You Should Know About … TM series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice.

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Ambient Insight

 

Ambient Insight – Learning Technology Research Taxonomy

Ambient Insight is an international market research firm that uses predictive analytics to identify revenue opportunities for global learning technology
suppliers.

Ambient Insight has been compiling country-by-country data on learning technology expenditures across seven regions of the globe since 2004. They offer a view of the global industry and can parse the data by product,
by buyer segment, by region, and/or by country. Ambient Insight offers  country profiles for over 150 countries.

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Gartner: 2013 Top Ten Strategic Technologies

Gartner Inc. provides a glimpse into the future. Their report focuses on the next top 10 technologies that have either grown into game changing technology or have the potential to grow into one.

This review will focus on the technologies I feel will have the largest impact education. I have merged some of the top 10 technologies, as I feel they are directly related.

Change: Microsoft is being attacked on two fronts; mobile devices are becoming more popular than PCs and Microsoft only has 20% of the mobile market.

Impact on Education: Every school that has the adequate budget currently has either an Apple computer or PC located in classrooms or libraries. With a shift towards mobile devices will the need for a full labs still be needed? A school that advocated BYOT (Bring your own technology) could potential reduce its need for dedicated computer labs. Apps like Socrative are making mobile devices a viable educational tool.

Change: The storage of information and to a certain degree the running of apps is moving from the traditional PC to the cloud.  People are now expecting access to their information 24/7 regardless of their location (of course Internet needed)

Impact on Education: Traditionally students have been limited to their access to school material and learning programs to a physical building. As the capability of clouds services increases, the opportunity to move educational resources to the cloud will only increase.

In addition, as cloud services get more efficient, the memory capabilities of PCs or handhelds will become less relevant, whereas the need for larger Internet bandwidth will increase. Schools will potentially move away from investing in labs and servers and move towards providing larger Internet bandwidth.

Future Reports:

Gartner Inc. delivers a concise and simple list of potential future technologies. This is an invaluable resource to keep on top of new emerging technologies that could potentially affect education.

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