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The new Horizon Report focused on education has been released, and it seems to be consistent with the regular Horizon Report that came out in the fall. Cloud computing and collaborative environments are listed as the near-term horizon, with game-based learning and mobiles on the mid-range horizon. Longer term technologies listed as having big impact on education are augmented reality and flexible displays. Flexible display technology wasn't listed in the fall Horizon Report, but could have big implications for education.

You can view the report online or download it at http://www.nmc.org/publications/2010-horizon-k12-report. 

First off, I have to thank Phil for sending these. How he finds time to explore what's available is beyond me!

Many Eyes - This site is from IBM's research group, and allows registered users to upload a data set, and then create a visualization in many different ways. Registration is free.

PrimaryAccess - Online digital documentary tool. Teachers can create a set of classroom accounts, select images from anly online source for students to use, and even write the narrative. This tool was created at the University of Virginia, and might be a web-based alternative tool to create a digital story for students who have access at libraries to internet connected computers, but no computer at home.

Waterproof Flexible Keyboard - for $35, get a keyboard you can spill coffee on!