Sneak Peek of the 2015 K-12 Report
http://circulus.com.au/sneak-peek-at-the-future-2015-horizon-report-k12-edi... Current Report:
http://redarchive.nmc.org/publications/2014-horizon-report-k12Teachers are increasingly expected to be adept at a variety of ICT-based and other approaches for
content delivery, learner support, and assessment; to collaborate with other teachers both inside and
outside their schools; to routinely use digital strategies in their work with students and act as guides
and mentors; and to organise their own work and comply with administrative documentation and
reporting requirements. Students, along with their families, add to these expectations through their
own use of ICT to socialise, organise, and informally learn on a daily basis, and many educational
thought leaders argue that schools should be providing ways for students to continue to engage in
learning activities, formal and non-formal, beyond the traditional school day. As this trend gathers
steam, many schools across the world are rethinking the primary responsibilities of teachers. Related
to these evolving expectations are changes in the ways teachers engage in their own continuing
professional development, much of which involves social media and online tools and resources. While
fully online schoolwork is still relatively rare, an increasing number of teachers are using more hybrid
and experiential learning scenarios, and experimenting with social media and others ways of building
learning communities.