Technology Article #4 (Module 3)

The article entitled "The School of the Future" was an interesting article. According to this article, due to technology schools as we know them will no longer exist in the next century. Students will learn at times when it is most convenient for them as schools will be open seven days a week, 24 hours a day. A laptop computer will be the student's library, homework, data storage, and connection to the wider world. One key point in this article was that technology with change the emphasis from the "teaching" of kids to the "learning" of kids.

I have focused a lot of my time and attention on at-risk students in my prior master's classes, and these schools of the future seem to be a key to success for these kids. Some students who already have the responsibilities of full-time jobs or children of their own can still get their education via on-line at a time of the day that it is convenient for them. I am excited, but a little anxious to see the changes in store!