The Horizon Forum
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The Horizon Forum is a focused discussion on the future of PK-12 education in Minnesota, sponsored by the Office of Continuing Professional Studies in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota.
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Report from the third meeting (December 12, 2006)
Report and presentations from the second meeting (October 27, 2006)
Resources from inaugural meeting (April 26, 2006)
- PowerPoint Slides from the discussion
- Wall Street Journal on Kent initiative: Legalized ‘cheating’
- StarTribune editorial: Competing with the world
- Building a “leapfrog” university - a call for leapfrogging at the University of Minnesota
Links
- College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
- Kent School District Technology Academy, Kent, WA
- KurzweilAI.net
Selected bibliography
- Allee, V. (2003). The future of knowledge: Increasing prosperity through value networks. Amsterdam; Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
[summary] [purchase] - Hakken, D. (2003). The knowledge landscapes of cyberspace. New York: Routledge.
[purchase] - Kurzweil, R. (2005). The Singularity is near: When humans transcend biology. New York: Viking.
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