The New Media Consortium (NMC), the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and the International Society for Technology in Education have released the NMC Horizon Report > 2012 K-12 Edition and are releasing the accompanying CoSN Horizon Report: 2012 K-12 Edition Toolkit in a special session at the ISTE 2012 Conference.
The annual K-12-focused research project generates considerable interest every year when it is released and has built a global following. At the ISTE conference this year in San Diego, the three principal investigators behind the report — NMC CEO Larry Johnson, CoSN CEO Keith R. Krueger, and ISTE Deputy CEO Leslie Conery — are discussing the Report, the Toolkit, and their impact in a landmark session.
There are four components to the CoSN Horizon Report: 2012 K-12 Edition Toolkit:
- Presentation Template – a PowerPoint overview of the Report, with the Notes View providing a suggested script for use in group discussions
- Discussion Facilitator’s Guide – providing guiding questions to pose to school district or education institution stakeholders to stimulate group thinking about the Report and new technologies.
- Discussion Activities – designed to engage stakeholders in dialogue to identify local instructional challenges, consider emerging technologies as solutions, and develop action plans.
- Video Clips – produced by JDL Horizons, developers of EduVision, an overview and six video shorts of the Report’s emerging technologies presented in a news story format that
describe classroom application of the technologies and include insights from practitioners and students.
describe classroom application of the technologies and include insights from practitioners and students.JDL interviewed administrators, teachers and students in leading-edge school districts who are using technology to enhance learning outcomes.
We are excited to introduce, in this year’s CoSN Horizon Report: 2012 K-12 Edition Toolkit, a video series that showcases educators, students, and top strategists and trendsetters in the education field who are enhancing education outcomes through the use of the emerging technologies highlighted in the Report. This introduction video provides a quick overview of what you’ll see.
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