I just got around to reading this report. I have a great deal of enthusiasm for several of the technologies that the report sees as being on the horizon, but probably the most relevant for me personally is the section on collaborative environments. The links to examples and further readings are a very good compendium of sources for self-education in this area. Many of the current experts in this area are represented, including Steve Hargadon and Wes Fryer.
I have been looking at Moodle as a nearly ideal K-12 application for collaboration in and out of the classroom for several years, however this report gathers a number of different resources that point toward many other platforms and approaches than the conventional classroom or hybrid environments.
Part of my interest area overlaps with what they are reporting here, but I personally feel as though caution in implementation is warranted. Without some comprehensive survey of the student body effected in any given district, there is no real means of knowing exactly what the access to technology overall. Though the tech is there, and it is very promising, access is the real limiting factor in low income, transient, and remote areas.
Check it out:
New Media Consortium 2010 Horizon Report K-12 Edition
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