I am not sure what is meant by the first discovery exercise or the purpose. I am going to make an assumption here in order to proceed. The referred to the sidebar is the 23 “things”. The original program was posted in 2007-2008 as made evident by rolling the mouse over each of the 23 “things”. Within each of the 23 “things” there are references to items and sites from 2010. In this “thing” for example, there is a reference to the 2010 Horizon Report. This indicates that the program has been modified from it's original.
I gained an understanding about sharing creative works and limited copy right laws by viewing “Wanna Work Together?” in Creative Commons. My interests are with Creative Commons in Education as I venture out into cyberspace to scavenge material and see that it’s pretty much a free for all. I am creating a CareerWebQuest for my English IV students and it would not be possible without the work of other educators. I will use the Plagiarism Prevention Zone in the Piracy link to give my students a full understanding of the concept as they begin to write their research papers.
I totally got lost in the wealth of information provided in the Horizon Reports. The 2004 report featured Learning Objects, which were predicted to be in wide use in two to five years. These are digital modules or lessons that can be reused to support learning. I have never heard of Learning Objects, but I think the concept has its origins from digital frameworks such as WebQuests which can into being in 1995. The 2010 report featured multidisciplinary aspects of technology and the need for collaboration tools, rather than reusable sharing tool in the 2004 report. I predict that my school will continue to encourage teachers to incorporate technology in their classrooms to provide a learning environment which would increase student ownership of the learning process and that would provide learning activities that are social, active, and engaging.
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