Horizon Report Notes

There are six trends that help accelerate the growth of educational technology in schools.  These trends are sorted into three categories: leadership, policy and practice.

Schools are are becoming mroe focused on being more student-centered learning so the need to rethink the functions of teachers.

Providing teachers with plentiful opportunities for professional development is important to nurture the teqachers with their new roles.

Part of finding success in this changing landscape is determining the right balance in how class time is used.  Flipped Classrooms.

Many believe that learning through doing things and creating students will become more engaged in their education, prepare them for success in college and careers, and develop a propensity for problem solving that will endure throughout their lifetime.

Open Educational Resources (OER) - The notion of sharing is inherent to the philosophy of open content, and in 2002, the non-profit organization Creative Commons began to address the need for alternative licensing so that people could legally share and adapt creative works.

Technology is developing so students do not have to be experts with it... they are able to learn on their own.

Self-directed and group based methods are both examples of personalized learning methods.

There is still a need for more concrete policies with this growing and changing concept of authentic learning.

The goal of integrating more personalized learning into schools is to enable students to learn with their own strategy and pace, and demonstrate their knowledge in a manner that is uniquely their own.