What Will Support Development?
Education is slowly making the transition to a paperless system that relies on the cloud for everything. Whether it is a classroom management system or something on the scale of Google, districts and educators are realizing the advantages of the cloud. Students and teachers can access their materials anywhere, via multiple devices. They can collaborate, communicate and create almost seamlessly from the classroom to their home and beyond.
What Can We Expect in the Future?
In the future, we can expect technology to change our classroom in many ways. Cloud storage and usage will increase dramatically. Online education will continue to grow in popularity, and students of all ages will be learn at an even faster pace. Digitized classrooms, gamification and online learning will be at the forefront of education. Traditional classrooms will be a thing of the past with innovative learning environments leading the way. Tools like the green chalkboard, pencil sharpeners and textbooks will become antiques in the modern classroom.
What Will the Impact on Teachers and Students Be?
Students are begging teachers and campuses to prepare them for global citizenship. Education will be about collaboration between teachers and students, who will be able to communicate with anyone anywhere in the world at any time. Students will be able to learn from true experts in any field around the world. Their learning community will become the entire world.
Teachers and technology are now integrated in the education field; teachers must take advantage of continuing technological developments to properly educate our future leaders.
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Sources:
EdTech: A Map of Education Technology Through 2040
Ditch That Textbook: Our Responsibility to Humanity: Teach Less Content
The Guardian: What Is the Future of Technology in Education?
TeachHUB.com: Top 12 Ways Technology Changed Learning
