The annual Horizon Report was just released, and it contains some interesting predictions about the future of educational technology. It introduces six emerging technologies or educational practices that it predicts will be entering the mainstream in the near term, and longer term.
In the near term, they predict that mobile and cloud computing will be increasingly used in education, and in the longer term, what they call "geo-everything" and the "personal web" will become mainstream. Examples of "geo-everything" are GPS-enabled cameras and maps on smartphones (such as the iPhone), and examples of the "personal web" are Netvibes and such sites.
Here is the 2009 Horizon Report. You might also be interested to visit their Wiki site. Recommended reading for anyone interested in where educational technology is going.
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