To be honest, from my point of view, if you compare education from 20-30 years behind and now, you won't see any significant changes. I'm not talking here about the things that are taught but the way how the knowlege is passed from teacher to pupil. I think that video and audio materials, are the biggest change. But that isn't much.
I think that now it should start changing in really fast way. Technology is moving forward, it is more and more common and not so expensive. Nowadays a lot of kids has their own smartphones, and even a kid with a tablet isn't something shocking and we need to remember that because technology is going so much forward, kids also expect something new and better from school.
Lets talk about tech trends that can or for sure will come to schools.
1. Augmented reality
This is my number one. Imagine simple and small computer with camera, and textbooks loaded with graphics. You can show graphic to camera and see on screen a 3D model of human body, you can rotate it, check from every angle. Isn't this much more interesting then simple and flat drawing ? Now lets go a step further and allow our students to interact with this 3D object, move one part, look inside. Isn't this a much better way to learn how the machines works ? I really hope this will soon be available in schools.
2. Internet of things and wearable technology
Do you want to tag and gather information outside of the school? No problem. Do you want to know something about the objects in the classroom? Come on just click it ! You will receive all the information that you need. This is how Cisco see it:
The wearable technology can help to increase safety of kids in school. It can monitor most important data and if there is any danger it will instantly inform appropriate persons. It can allow to use gamification in schools.
Currently kids move a lot less than in the past. This trend makes a lot of them thicker. Our whole society is getting thicker. Technology and gamification can help stop this trend in the early phase. It can help to teach kids that health is very important and can teach them how to care about it.
Lets go further, smart glasses, smart gloves with sensor....all of that can help them to understand the world and collect information in new, funnier, more interesting way.
3. 3D printing
3D printers are getting chipper and chipper, they are now more available then couple years ago. This is creating new branch of business and education. Schools should also follow this trend. Printing parts of cars, houses and even planes or drones is happening now. Kids should learn about that.
Other aspect of 3D printing is that it allow to learn in a better way about objects that in the past were only in the book or in the computer. Now you can print it fully, or only some parts of them to better know the internal structure. It is a new and better way to visualise the same material.
4. Virtual class room
This is something that already is happening and this is something that helps a lot of people. The only thing you need is a good audio and video equipment. Not everybody can afford to study on MIT or Harvard even if he should. Not everybody can leave his family to move to other country to study there. Why we want to waste so big potential ? Why we don't want to help people that are disabled in some way ? No body has a problem to make a business meeting over the Skype or something similar. Lets do the same in college. Virtual class room is not a new concept but it still not as popular as it should. It can help a lot of people with out changing the whole concept. On my academy we had subjects that were conducted 100% over the internet and this was a very good idea. I can say on using my experience that it is working and it is working very good.
If you see any new and interesting trend for education please share. I think this are the most important. I hope education soon will change, will adapt because how people can teach if they can't adapt to current reality.
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