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Boom School Outlook
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iPad Carts - One per two teachers
By 2014, iPads carts will be made accessible for every other teacher, so they will have to share, collaborate and work on lessons together from time to time. -
Whao! Kids have their own devices?! Why don't we use those?!?!
http://youtu.be/WBEvycYTTZo BYOD and BYOT will become rampant and the frustrations over mobile management and infrastructure will dissipate (it will never go away). Then the mobile devices already purchased for schools will be made available for those who cannot afford them. The attached video is from 2011 - we're already late to the game. -
Instruction Shift
All the chatter about moving from Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side (overused analogy) is finally here. The tipping point has arrived and there are now more teachers who grew up with technology and engage with its power than those who did not. -
Gaming Takes Over!
Gamification becomes commonplace in schools; students and teachers are collaboratively creating games around their curriculum and project-based learning is in full-swing. -
Teacher and Administrator Education Programs Shift
Due to the inevitable teacher education program shifts taking place, wherein technologyu is infused throughout all aspects of teacher preparation, administrators now must become savvy about their own practices. All administrators must now take on-going professional development to show their proficiency in the integration of technology with their practice. -
Standardized Testing Falls Apart
The previously used forms of standardized testing fall apart and legislation moves forward in developing a "new" vision for education, that includes previously-termed BYOD (which is no longer called BYOD...it's just called going to school), Project-based learning (now just called learning), and a new assessment model. -
Brick & Mortar Breakdown
Schools are no longer confined by walls. Instead, they are everywhere, all the time, online, blended, inside, outside; but above all else, schools are defined by teh needs of the student and the most suitable environment for the content being learned.
