Future Visions
Future Visions It’s the year 2053 and I am in year 38 of my teaching career. As I walk into my empty classroom, I am greeted with the prospect of my students soon to arrive. I set up my virtual desk last night, in preparation for this morning’s lesson, and all the supplies are ready to be sent out to students when they access the password. I made today’s “starynight”, as we will be painting constellations to go along with students’ astronomy unit. They have researched a particular constellation on their ILD (individual learning device). While I do miss the old days of setting out tactile supplies and using them to create ourselves, this makes my set up so much quicker and less messy. The only thing that is more challenging is making sure the 3D printer is loaded with the proper materials. It’s costly, but surely cheaper than supplies for all of my 450 students. Students enter my room one by one, some carrying their ILDs responsibly while oth...