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Hot Off The Press: The Horizon Report 2008<<<

The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the New Media Consortium NMC)*s Horizon Project, a five-year qualitative research effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within learning-focused organizations. Notable Emerging Technologies for Education in the 2008 Report Include: ***Grassroots Video ***Collaboration Web ***Mobile Broadband ***Data Mashups ***Collective Intelligence AND IMHO: The Most Notable ... ***Social Operating Systems [:-) Each Technology Is Discussed Within The Following Framework:

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