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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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In October of 2006 , Gartner said that Apple’s “best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell.” ” Take “collaborative learning,” for example, which this year’s K–12 report posits as a mid-term trend. Apple sold just 50 million iPads.

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What's on the Horizon (Still, Again, Always) for Ed-Tech

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The topic names have been modified “for consistency,” the report’s authors say (although I’m a little unclear about some of these choices – how are “mobile learning,” “tablet computing,” and “bring your own device” separate technological developments? Blended Learning Designs.