If you are just beginning to learn about the possibilities of Web 2.0 I highly recommend a blog that outlines work which helped expand my vision.

Getting Started with Web 2.0

The work of Mike Wesch at Kansas State has informed the higher education community over the last few years and helped us to think about the prospect of change in a digital age. But Wesch and his students have also permeated the web with their original work.

The 2009 Horizon Report was released on January 20, 2009 at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.  The annual Horizon Report, a joint publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the ELI, highlights new technologies for teaching, learning, and creative expression. This collaborative effort between the NMC and the ELI identifies emerging technologies which will have an impact higher education over the next few years.

Not only does the Horizon Report overview the key technologies to come, it also provides examples and suggested readings for each technology.

Here are the latest & greatest emerging technologies included in the 2009 edition:

• Mobiles (i.e., mobile devices)
• Cloud Computing
• Geo-Everything (i.e., geo-tagging)
• The Personal Web
• Semantic-Aware Applications
• Smart Objects

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