TT #12 The future??

What does the future hold? What is in store for us an educators and for our students? It is easier to predict than you may first think.  I don't have to go 88 miles per hour in a time machine to get there and have some evidence to show whats 5, 10 even 20 years down the road.  We have even took the time to discuss this in class.

From what I know and what we have discussed as a class things are on the change and some of the grey area we talk about now concerning devices used, sites, apps we may not even be thinking about having in 5 years because it will be fully adapted into our lessons and curriculum.  The more flexible the division and especially the people at the top the more change that can easily occur.  As a class we discussed that the rural divisions in Manitoba have been more adaptable to the use of technology in the classroom than those of the  city or urban divisions aka Winnipeg and Brandon.

So why is this? Are they afraid that there are too many teachers and students to make it work in a positive manner? Their has been evidence in Winnipeg to show that bringing your own device (BYOD) to school can be beneficial.  I have heard that it has been a success for the most part at Dakota Collegiate in Winnipeg.  There are also risk, what if it gets damaged or stolen; what happens then?  Are students going to use them in the right way?  These are the questions, I believe it must be tried just like anything to see if it works or not, similar to a science experiment.  There are honestly too many questions that could be asked about the use of technology and devices in a class that one blog post is just going to open the conversation.

What are my personal thought on the future though?  I want to look deeper, 10-20 years down the road when I am in the middle of my teaching career, hopefully with a family and in a place I enjoy being at everyday.  I feel that books will rarely be used by middle and senior years students, it will be almost paperless in most classes besides Math.  All students will be able to BYOD for use in school. Student learning will happen a lot more on there own through module style, video tutorials and presentations.  Reading will improve but won't be done through traditional books.  Our students will have access to many more sites and apps that can advance their education.  The teacher will either have an easier time or tougher time managing their classroom.  I am on the fence about that one I do not know which way to lean to.  These are my ideas, in kind of a rambling on manner but that what the blog is for.  Not a psychic but have some predictions with some evidence and thought behind it. Let me know what you think. This was my last tech task, Yahoo!

So Long for Now,
Rod.

 Doc Brown and Marty McFly

From Back to the Future