IAF associate Craig Bettles presented to the Massachusetts Cultural Coast Forum on how to capture the imagination of the "digital native" in Hyannis, MA on March 28, 2008. Click here for the presentation.
PUBLICATIONS ON EDUCATION
Capturing the Imagination of the Digital Native
21st Century Learning and Health Care in the Home: Creating a National Telecommunications Network
This report, developed with the Consumer Interest Research Institute, examines how new information services and infrastructure can produce dramatic improvements in personal learning, disease prevention and home care.
Regent University Futures Conference
In a personal essay entitled "Where love and need are one and work is play for mortal stakes," IAF founder and chairman Clem Bezold discussed his professional and personal journey as a futurist for a Regent University conference on futures.
Dialogue on Schools & the Principalship: Forecast Report
IAF developed a set of forecasts to help school principals understand how a wide range of trends and developments would shape the future of their schools. Click here for the forecast report.
NAESP Strategic Issue Brief: Chief Learning Officers
This strategic issue brief developed for the National Association of Elementary School Principals describes the principal's new role as Chief Learning Officer in the year 2021. The brief also includes provocative discussion questions as well as a list of opportunities this change will offer to principals. Click here for the brief.
Strategic Issue Brief: Equity
This strategic issue brief developed for the National Association of Elementary School Principals addresses the emering role of principals as champions for equity in learning experiences. Click here for the brief.
Strategic Issue Brief: Early Childhood Education
This strategic issue brief describes the school principal's emerging role as a champion for quality preschool and kindergarten programs as well as other developmental services to prepare children for school. Click here for the brief.