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This area is a place to collect the "Technologies to Watch" lists published by other organizations, many of them ones we have relied on in previous years. Each serves a different audience and purpose than does the Horizon Report, but contain many useful descriptions and discussions that can and should inform our work.

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  • BECTA Emerging technologies for learning
    http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rp_ap_03&rid=11380
    "These publications consider how emerging technologies may impact on education in the medium term. They are not intended to be a comprehensive review of educational technologies, but offer some highlights across the broad spectrum of developments and trends. They highlight some of the possibilities that are developing and the potential for technology to transform our ways of working, learning and interacting over the next three to five years." See also the emerging technologies discussion forums
    • The 2nd annual report from these folks includes chapters on emerging trends in social software for education, learning networks in practice, digital literacies and the 'hidden curriculum', games in education and ubiquitous computing. [LJ]
  • fresh + new(er): Discussion of Issues in Digital Media and Museums
    http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/
    • this blog from the Powerhouse Museum in Australia highlights technologies, challenges and trends for museums -- highly recommended [LJ]


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  • Futurists Pick Top Tech Trends
    http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,69138,00.html
    Taking a long-term view isn't easy nowadays.
    Even the recent past seems blurry at times. Google's just seven years old, but it's hard to imagine life before instant search. Broadband has been widely available for only a few years, but already dialup internet seems to high-speed users like a throwback to the Neanderthal era.
  • IBM Innovation Jam 2006: Emergin technologies
    http://www.globalinnovationjam.com/get_started2006/emerge/index.shtml
    IBM's large event focusing on innovation, highlights six areas of emerging technologies including Embedded Intelligence, Extracting Insight, Global Collaboration for Individuals, Global Collaboration for Companies, Practical Supercomputing, and Intelligent IT Systems.
  • Life Online: The Web in 2020
    http://www.sirc.org/publik/web2020.shtml
    aims to provide an outline and analysis not only of projected technological developments but also their social, political and economic implications. What will the Web look like in 2020? What will it do? Where will it be? How will we use it?
  • Technology Review’s Top 10 Emerging Technologies
    http://www.technologyreview.com/special/emerging/index.aspx
    This year, as every year, we present our list of the 10 technologies we find most exciting—and most likely to alter industries, fields of research, and even the way we live. The list comprises projects in a broad range of fields.
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