future ed tech trends

Online LearningMOOCs

Blended classrooms

Learning Management Systems

Blackboard, Moodle,

Schoology, Edmodo

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CodingGame design

Storytelling

Simulations

Scratch, Alice, MIT App Inventor

Robotics

Lego Mindstorms

First

Vex

BeeBots

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Mobile Devices BYOD

Ipads/tablets

Creation

Information acquisition

Communication/collaboration

Augmented reality

Electronic Textbooks

Anytime/anywhere access

Interactivity

Up-to-date

Reduced cost?

VideoFlipped classrooms

Virtual/distance learning

Student-created content

Youtube

Khan Academy

Internet of ThingsSmart devices

Wearables

Image source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Glass

Social MediaSchool/district news outlet

Classroom communication

Student collaboration

Twitter, Facebook, Google

Communities

Learning AnalyticsStudent online activity

Financial analysis

Personalized learning

Example: Itslearning

Privacy issues: Privacy Pledge

Image source: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/no-need-for-angst-over-analytics-09-may-2013

Cloud ComputingStorage (Dropbox, Google Drive)

Productivity (Google Drive,

Microsoft Office 360)

School/Student Data (Eduphoria,

Skyward)

Chromebooks

Open TextbooksCollege texts have increased

82% in decade

3x rate of inflation

Average student spends $1200

annually

Boundless – effort to create

library of open texts

Maker MovementLearning by making

Invention

Problem-solving

Arduino, Raspberry Pi,

MakeyMakey, 3D

printingImage source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino