This document discusses technology trends for IT students, covering 5 topics: (1) mobile and wearable platforms, focusing on major mobile platforms and development approaches, and the rise of wearable devices; (2) social and modern web apps, examining social media behaviors and the evolution of web apps using HTML5; (3) cloud trends such as personal cloud storage and cloud computing models; (4) big data analytics and visualization trends involving storage, machine learning, and data visualization; (5) Internet of Things trends including common use cases and sample architectures. The document provides takeaways for skills and technologies for students to learn within each trend.