Top 10 Trends For 2008

Ten trends to watch for regarding the use of ICTs in the NZ education scene in 2007

1. "mash ups"

2. Advanced networks and schools "loops"

3. Green Computing

4. Virtualisation and web-based applications (cloud computing)

5. Literacy development for the digital age

6. Immersive online environments & visualization tools

7. User Generated Content

8. Rise in use of mobile technologies

9. Accountability

10. Changes in User Interface Experience

NOTE – there are, of course, a number of issues and trends that we considered in the compilation of this list, but we settled on these as the “Hot Topics” because of their relevance to New Zealand, and because of their contentious nature.
We invite you to provide your feedback and comments below to let us know how you feel about them.
Each month we will take one of these trends and develop it a little further, with some ‘Core Questions’ that we’ll be posing and inviting comment on.