PLN: Trends in EdTech K12

1. Aztec Teachers Talk Techie
with Dr. C
SDCUE/Learning Communities
21st Century Teaching and Learning
Trends in Ed Tech for the Contemporary
Teacher
cchandler@nu.edu @cynthiachandler cynthiaedtech@gmail.com

2. collaboration

3. COP
COI
PLN
ILPIEP

4. My PLN

5. Trends in K12 Technology
CUE Blog Open the Digital Door
Horizon Report
Project Tomorrow Project Speak Up
Teachers, Kids, and Construction
Fablevision Education

6. Open the Digital Door
21st Century
Teaching with
21st Century Learners
http://blog.cue.org/why-teachers-need-to-
open-the-digital-door-lms-platforms/

7. The NMC Horizon Report: 2014 K2 Edition
The NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM And The EDUCAUSE Learning
Initiative, an EDUCAUSE Program
The research behind the NMC Horizon Report: is jointly
conducted by the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the
EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE Program.
To learn more about ELI, visit www.educause.edu/eli ;
To learn more about the NMC, visit www.nmc.org
.

8. • Key Trends Accelerating Adoption1
• Significant Challenges Impeding
Technology Adoption in K-12 Education2
• Important Developments in Educational
Technology for K-12 Education3
Horizon Report K12

9. Key Trends Accelerating Technology
Adoption in K-12 Education 2013
Near-Term
– Cloud Computing
– Mobile Learning
Mid-Term
– Learning Analytics
– Open Content
Long Term
– 3D Printing
– Virtual Laboratories

10. Key Trends Accelerating Technology
Adoption in K-12 Education 2014
Short-Term
– Increasing Use of Blended Learning
– Rise of STEAM Learning
Mid-Term
– Increasing Use of Collaborative Learning Approaches
– Shift from Students as Consumers to Creators
Long-Term
– Rethinking How Schools Work
– Shift to Deeper Learning Approaches

11. Key Trends 2015
1. Personalized Learning (Bray & McClaskey)
2. Increased Public Policy and Concern about
Privacy
3. Numeracy and Computer Programming
4. Common Core Standards/NGSS
5. Interdisciplinary and Applied Learning
6. Open Content

12. Key Trends 2014

14. Partnership for 21st Century Skills
http://www.p21.org/

15. References
• Fablevision Education
• iNACOL www.inacol.org
• Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Estrada
V., Freeman, A., and Ludgate, H. (2014). NMC Horizon
Report: 2014 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New
Media Consortium. NMC www.nmc.org
• Bray & McClaskey (2015).
• Project Tomorrow, Speak Up Survey,
http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/
• 21st Century Partnership. www.P21.org