I found this article about the future of the
classroom. It started off by telling me a little bit about what the future
holds. It said that the future is starting to become a reality. Every student
will have their own iPad, possibly robots teaching students and teachers
lecturing online over webcam to hundreds of thousands of pupils at any given
moment. Education is already making steps toward this type of learning. The
editor of the article, Scott Olster, goes on to say, “But despite all the
hoopla over gadgets and new software, the future of education really
hinges on the shifting roles of teacher and student.” Scott Benson, a program
officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation explains, “The main shift is
away from what I'll call a teacher-in-classroom-centric model,” Instead, students
will learn at their own pace, using software that adapts to their strengths and
weaknesses.” I like the fact that technology is becoming so complex that it
will adapt to the learner rather than having the learner adapt to the
technology.
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