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Horizon Report 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 1:00pm EST
Thanks to everyone who participated!
Join us for a preview of the much-anticipated “2013 Horizon Report K-12 Edition,” being released this summer. Join Larry Johnson, CEO of the New Media Consortium Group and Founder of the Horizon Project, who will discuss the six emerging technologies that will have the biggest impact on learning in the next year, two years, and three years. Joining Dr. Johnson on this one-hour webinar will be Jim Vanides, Education Program Manager, HP, and Jean Tower, CoSN Chair and Director of Technology, Public Schools of Northborough & Southborough, MA. This edition of the Horizon Report is a collaboration with the New Media Consortium Group, CoSN, and ISTE.
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Vicki Bigham, Project Director, Professional Development
Consortium for School Networking
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Larry Johnson, CEO
New Media Consortium
Dr. Johnson is an acknowledged expert on emerging technology and its
impacts on society and education, and has written five books, seven
chapters, and published more than 50 papers and research reports on the
topic. He speaks regularly on the topics of creativity, innovation, and
technology trends, and has delivered more than 75 keynote addresses to a
long list of distinguished groups and organizations all over the world.
He is the founder of the Horizon Project, which produces the acclaimed
series of Horizon Reports that are used by over a million educators in
more than 100 countries.
Johnson currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of the New Media
Consortium, an international not-for-profit consortium dedicated to the
exploration and use of new media and new technologies, and Director of
the Edward and Betty Marcus Institute for Digital Education in the Arts
(MIDEA). The NMC's and MIDEA's hundreds of member institutions
constitute an elite list of the most highly regarded universities,
museums, and research centers in the world.
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Jim Vanides, Education Program Manager
HP
Jim Vanides is a member of the HP Office of Global Social Innovation, responsible for worldwide education philanthropy strategy and programs. This includes the 2010 HP Catalyst Initiative (www.hp.com/go/hpcatalyst) and the 2009 HP Innovations in Education initiative.
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Jean Tower, Director of Technology
Public Schools of Northborough & Southborough
Southborough, MA
Jean Tower is currently the Director of Technology for the Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough, MA, a regional school district of ten schools serving the two towns, grades PK to 12. She is responsible for all aspects of technology in the schools – administrative and instructional, planning, budgeting, and professional development. Her primary interest is in effective integration of technology in the curriculum and in creating the essential conditions to enable that to happen. Jean is CoSN’s current chair-elect.
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