A Future Fiction (Required Reading #1)

I really enjoyed reading David Warlick's article on a hopeful future of technology in the classroom. He mentioned that he did not call his article science-fiction because the technology he spoke of will readily be available,but the obstacle will be whether educators embrace the change. Children need to be prepared for the world and be exposed to technology at an early age.

This article mentioned that children will wear chips in the school that will manage absences, tardies, and whereabouts of students. Teachers will have all student work on tablets that will indicate if each student has finished, revised, or checked their assignments. Teachers will also have access to students work in previous years to look for trends, patterns, and help teacher individualize student work.

This article was realistic about the technology that will be offered. I hope schools will see this as a need and a new way of doing things rather than another expense.