I have just finished reading the first scenario in Arthur's book and I must say it scared me a little and fascinated me with where the future could be going and the role of the TL in it. I am not sure how I feel about the concept of no print at all and have a few queries in regards to 'space' that the internet has to hold all the information that will be out there. I think my biggest thing was that the lecturers/teachers where up with where the students were as were the parents to some degree. I am not sure in today's world that this would be the case. As was pointed out in the introduction the issue is not the technology and getting it to the schools it is skilling the teachers in the system that haven't been exposed or involved in it to a high degree that is needed to skill students and make it a worthwhile tool in the classroom.
I do see the concept of schools changing that there will be less time in the classroom and I would love to see the role the TL is playing in this but I fear that if the views of TLs doesn't change this won't be happening and if the future schools end up like this then it could be without TLs.
Well off to read the 2nd scenario now.
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