Horizon Report Response

In my opinion, some of the trends, challenges, and future technologies are already impacting education, and will only continue to impact them in the near future. As a college student, I am currently completing my sixteenth year of school (K-Undergrad), and the changes that have occurred are already immense. These new trends allow us to access our work no matter where we are, what time it is, or what we're doing. Geek squads are being replaced by cloud and online tutorials, chalkboards are being replaced by google docs, and the value of face to face learning is diminishing as individuals seek the more convenient, online route to their degrees. Many of these trends are very valuable to the learning experience and make learning trendy and accessible. However, these trends are ever changing and we are becoming more and more dependent on these technologies. 21^st century classrooms will need to change in order to adjust and accommodate to these technologies. In fact, they are already changing and shaping around them. My mother is an elementary school teacher and I see these changes being implemented more each school year. These changes are not only seen in the physical structure of the classroom, such as the additions of promethium smart boards, I-pads/tablets, laptop computers, etc., but also through the learning styles and texts. To be able to host such technologies, my mom has had to complete many different workshops and tutorials in order to learn the ways of these trends and teach them to her students. Just as these current trends have manifested change in the classroom, the future technologies will do just the same. I believe that in order to use these technologies and see them displayed successfully, we will have to continue altering our education strategies and slowly work them into our every day lives.