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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Folks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Sorry for repeats of this message.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I have been browsing the Horizon Report ( final report to be published in June 2014 ) specially with the new Study Design <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://k12.wiki.nmc.org/">http://k12.wiki.nmc.org/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-horizon-k12-final-topics.pdf">http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-horizon-k12-final-topics.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Some interesting reading specially looking out the 1, 2 and 5 year windows.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222'>III. Important Developments in K-12 Educational Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'>• </span><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222'>BYOD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'>• </span><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Cloud Computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'>• </span><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Games and Gamification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'>• </span><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Learning Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Bold","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'>• </span><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222'>The Internet of Things<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#222222'>• </span><span style='font-family:"MyriadPro-Regular","sans-serif";color:#222222'>Wearable Technology</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Another great source of high powered technology trends is Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. If you wish to compare technologies eg. Microsoft Hyper-V vs VMware vs Parallels vs Citrix<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See <a href="http://virtualization.info/en/news/2013/07/gartner-releases-its-2013-magic-quadrant-for-x86-server-virtualization-infrastructure.html">http://virtualization.info/en/news/2013/07/gartner-releases-its-2013-magic-quadrant-for-x86-server-virtualization-infrastructure.html</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Interested in secure email gateway options and not sure to go with Barracuda, Symantec , Mcafee etc see <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.proofpoint.com/id/gartner-email-security-magic-quadrant/">http://www.proofpoint.com/id/gartner-email-security-magic-quadrant/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Enjoy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kindest Regards<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Kevork Krozian<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Edulists Creator Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>www.edulists.com.au<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>tel: 0419 356 034<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>