Computers, electronic whiteboards and other interactive technologies are fundamentally changing education in the United States.
This is the opinion of the experts interviewed by The Times on the classroom after 10 years.
Listen below to excerpts from their predictions and share your own comments on them and Matt Richtel's ideas on school technology in the comments section.
Karen Cato, director of education technology at the US Department of Education, said that the emergence of digital tools will have an impact on education, which will be comparable to the impact of printing machinesCator.
The challenge is to change from printing
Digital-based materials provide a new level of interaction.
Until then, she says, schools will be hampered by the need to invest in books and bits at the same time.
Tom Vander Ark, managing partner, said the school's philosophy has begun to shift permanently, with his company investing in companies engaged in educational technology. Mr.
Van der Ark believes that in many schools, the traditional classroom will be located temporarily and forever.
Change the group of students engaged in similar materials on a certain day.
Larry Cuban, professor, EducationMr at Stanford University.
Cuba had written about computers in the classroom as early as 1986, and he said predictions about the coming educational revolution were not new.
People may be fooled by the hype, he said. But Mr.
Cuba believes that changes in education will not be as fast as many have predicted.
He noted that some reformists have been trying to end the summer vacation for decades.
"Summer is still there," he said . "
Irene lunto, Education Strategist at Intel rural schools, said they may be the best place to try digital teaching methods such as online courses because they are already having a hard time offering some types of coursesLento.
Online classes will begin to gradually replenish the physical classroom, but will lead to everything from school day schedules to school building, she said.
"Later on, you know, as things develop and people get used to it, you see more complex changes," she said . ".
Mr. David Silvernail, director of the Center for Education Policy, applied research and education, said that the technology to change the classroom already exists. Silvernail.
Using it effectively is a challenge.
He has been working on the effect of a project in Maine through which all middle school students get laptops.
The results vary greatly, and classrooms that use laptops most often are not necessarily the most successful.
As schools rely more on laptops and mobile devices, it is critical to determine when students benefit from the presence of computers and when teachers should put them away, he said.