How does one keep up with the accelerated pace of society?  If you find out, let me know.  Until then, I just keep educating myself and immersing myself in the trends.  We used to turn to history to teach us lessons about the present but now that information can be compiled instantaneously so that we can look to the present to reveal trends that will help us ascertain the future as best as we can … all the while knowing that the future could change directions just as instantaneously as data about the present can be analyzed.

Check out these two fascinating and timely resources:

• Facebook:  The Social Accelerator?
• The Future of Learning resources:  2020 Forecast, 2020 Forecast Update, The Future of Education blog