What Will Schools Look Like In The Future?

If you ask the experts about the future of our schools, there seems to be one thing that almost everyone agrees on: In the classroom of the future there will be no heavy textbooks being lugged about.  

Apart from that load-lightening revelation, there are a whole host of differing opinions as to what our future classrooms will look like. We take a look at some of the hit predictions for kid’s education of the future.

1. Robot Teachers
Before you scoff too much, please note that in 2009 Saya, the world’s first robot teacher taught 10-year-old pupils at Kudan Elementary School in Tokyo. Since then Saya has been rolled out in many schools in Japan and South Korea. Some pundits are saying that they could be of great use in remote schools here in Australia. 

2. Virtual Lessons
Flexible learning with web-based content delivered to students. We can see this already in the huge amount of MOOC courses available online currently. 

3. Moveable Schools
Forget the old demountables, schools of the future will be made up of modules that can be added to and moved around. This is actually happening right here in Australia at Duffy Primary School in Canberra.

4. Haptic Technology
Like the trainee doctors learning robotic surgery skills, kids can also benefit from tactile, gaming-like interfaces in a variety of learning areas. This could be especially beneficial for biology dissections!

5. Cloud based resources
Instead of heading to the library or the textbook shop, many teaching and learning resources will be cloud based and accessible to teachers and students at anytime. This change could have massive implications on the role of the teacher and will also shake up traditional desk-based learning.

6. Biometrics
What if teachers could keep track of the physical and behavioral issues being faced by each and every kid in their classroom? And then be able to optimally tailor the learning for each pupil? Biometrics can monitor things like facial expression, heart rate, and skin moisture of each kid in the classroom and can create detailed reports of student understanding and performance.

Which of these would you like to see in the classroom of the future?

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