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February 2011 
Neal W. Topp, Ph.D. 
http://studynotestopp.wikispaces.com/ 
 
 
Please read parts of the latest Horizon Report found at <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://wp.nmc.org/horizon-k12-2010/" rel="nofollow">http://wp.nmc.org/horizon-k12-2010/</a> 
 
Read only the Executive Summary, Key Trends, Critical Challenges, and Technologies to Watch (listed on the left column of the web page. 
Address &quot;Key Trends,&quot; which one is the most important (say for instance, that your principal asked you to give only one)? 
 
Address &quot;Critical Challenges,&quot; which one is going to be the most difficult to address? 
 
Address &quot;Technologies to Watch,&quot; explain how you might use this type of technology in your future teaching. 
 
 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://techlearning.com/article/8670" rel="nofollow">http://techlearning.com/article/8670</a> 
Please watch the video &quot;Why We Need To Teach Technology in School.&quot; <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VnHdqpE4RM" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VnHdqpE4RM</a> 
 
 
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15202090" rel="nofollow">21st Century Skills: Will They be Prepared?</a> http://www.techlearning.com/article/13832 
Teacher use of educational technology in U.S. Public Schools: 2009 
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010040