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The 6 key emerging technologies identified by the 2008 report are:
- Grassroots
- Collaboration Webs
- Mobile Broadband
- Data Mashups
- Collective Intelligence
- Social Operating Systems

Grassroots Video, Mobile Broadband and Collective Intelligence are three forms of technology, which have been mentioned in the 2008 report that I recognise or have used in the past.
Grassroots Videos are used to share videos for a variety of purposes and they are also known as video sharing websites.. a very well known current website that has been popular is YouTube.
Mobile broadband is now accessible from most mobile phones in the forms of ’Planet 3′, ‘Optus World’ and ‘Vodafone Live’, which provde users the ability to access RSS feeds as well as podacasts or other prescriptions from their mobile handset. 
Collective intelligence is the final form that I am accustomed to in the form of wikipedia.

Grassroot videos have been presented in lectures to show presentations by leading theorists, which would not have been as effective or possible if it had been shown in any other way.
Collective intelligence is also used in group presentations through the use of a wiki.

 The emerging technologies of 2007  are prevalent in many learning context and are very much a part of higher education and learning. Virtual worlds, social networking, user created context, distance education and educational gaming have all become a very realistic aspect of current technology.