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How might the classrooms of tomorrow be different? You have probably noticed a raft of technologies that have either developed or have become increasingly affordable over the last few years. You might be wondering if they have a place in your classrooms, or you might already be sure they do. We have gathered together a range of resources and opinions. We hope they will give you opportunity to think, reflect and comment on both the types of technology you might see and how you might harness it.

 Goals School Leaders will have a better understanding of the types of technology that may be affordable over the next 5 years. School Leaders will have an understanding of how the technologies and teaching and learning impact each other.

 Resources

**Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow — Today** The following table is from the ACoT2 research paper. It contrasts the resources available in traditional classrooms with those that could be available in modern classroom. The differences are startling. Is your school making good use of these resources? If not then what is preventing them being used? [|Apple Classroom of Tomorrow Website] [|ACoT Report (912kb PDF)]
 * ~ Traditional Classroom ||~ Classroom of the Read/Write Web ||
 * < Textbook ||< Staggering breadth and depth of content. Open-source type classrooms in which everyone contributes to the curriculum. ||
 * < School teachers ||< Knowledge of primary sources such as authors, historians, and researchers. ||
 * < Do your own work ||< Produce work in collaborative ways for larger audiences. ||
 * < Lecture ||< Conversation. ||
 * < Textbooks and more “closed” sources of info ||< Create own texts from different content providers such as blogs, wikis, websites, discussion groups, and so on. Teachers and students employ the many ways to find information on the web. ||
 * < Reading as passive and “trusted” process ||< Active engagement in reading for truth and accuracy. ||
 * < Paper-based content ||< Electronic learner portfolios. ||
 * < Text-based writing ||< Write in many different genres. ||
 * < Mastery of content as measured by passing a test ||< Electronic online portfolios. ||
 * < Handing in assignments ||< Contribute ideas and work to larger body of knowledge that is the web. ||

Mike Wesch, a university lecturer, talks about how we can learn differently in the age of the internet. One of the many interesting points he makes is that while our students are often familiar with a wide range of online tools, they have no idea how to use them to construct new meaning and so teachers need to help them with that. media type="youtube" key="Xx-u3JtgDZc" height="344" width="425"

Contributors Paul Rodley Toni Twiss

Potential contributors Kelvin Maine Andrew Churches Lynne Silcock Neil Jarvis Rocky Blanchy Mike Anderson