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Classification: (E –
futures) (T – social networking)
BECTA’s Emerging
Technologies Series
http://communities.becta.org.uk/technology/emergingtechnologies
Becta has published its
Emerging technologies for learning- Volume 2. This follow-up edition
complements the first Emerging technologies for learning publication
from March 2006. Emerging technologies for learning aims to help readers
consider how emerging technologies may impact on education in the medium
term. The publication includes articles by various authors giving
perspectives covering a range of developments and trends. It should open
readers up to 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.
This publication includes
the following articles:
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Emerging trends in
social software for education (Lee Bryant, Headshift)
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Learning networks in
practice (Stephen Downes, NRC)
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The challenge of new
digital literacies and the 'hidden curriculum'
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How to teach with
technology: keeping both teachers and studentscomfortable in an era
of exponential change (Marc Prensky)
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Games in education
(Keri Facer, Futurelab; Tim Dumbleton, Becta)
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Ubiquitous computing
(David Ley, Becta)
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