We can only guess.

I find it very interesting as to how teachers talk about what classrooms will look-like in the 21st century. I was in school in the sixties and early seventies, and the difference between what was available then, and what is available now we all know about; we can track the changes between before home computers and after home computers. I was reading Jeanne Simpson's article on I want to be part of a 21st century school (http://mathmusings.blogspot.com/2006/11/i-want-to-be-part-of-21st-century.html.) I found it interesting because with technology advancing in leaps and bounds I wonder if we really know what a classroom will look like in 20 or 30 years. We are just beginning to touch what technology can do right now as schools ride the technology wave, where will they end up? Can we use science fiction to help us predict what may change? With computers becoming more prevalent, will textbooks become obsolete and just, as laptops are a requirement here will there be a laptop on every desk in a first grade class? Will holographic images of a historic site replace a field trip? Will keyboarding replace handwriting? What skills will be lost as technology advances? With all these unanswered questions, I am looking forward to becoming a full time professional teacher and teaching in a 21st century classroom.