FUTURE CLASSROOM

B Y – A Y U S H I K U M A R I C L A S S – 5 E , R O L L N U M B E R – 1 7  
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• Name – Ayushi Kumari

• Class – 5E 
• Roll number – 17 
• Admission number – 152/08/12/2014
• Topic – Future classroom
 Introduction

◦Will classrooms still exist 20 years from now? Do we have traditional classrooms in a physical sense
anymore? What is the classroom anyway? For most of us, a classroom consists of four walls, ‘closed’
doors, chairs, tables, perhaps a blackboard, and sometimes a desk - simple but efficient pieces of furniture.
A quick glance at the history of pedagogical practices reveals that the classroom has scarcely evolved over
a period of many years. Is the traditional classroom intrinsically outdated or has it rather survived the test
of time because it is already self-reconfigurable and has been adapted in many different contexts of use?
Do we even need a classroom anymore? Do we need a teacher in the classroom? What do we teach and
what do we want pupils to learn? What kinds of knowledge and skills will be required in the future? These
are some of the questions that we should bear in mind when thinking about the classroom of the future. 
Classroom in the future
◦ Education is evolving at a faster pace than any other period in recent history. There’s a growing awareness
among educators and families that today’s curriculum needs to evolve to meet tomorrow’s reality. Beyond tools
and technology, students need to develop new skills to solve tough problems, collaborate effectively, and
express ideas in new ways.
◦ Classrooms today are not what they used to be! Flexible seating, collaborative groupings, personal computing
devices, and instant access to the internet exists at all grade levels. Each day one can walk into a second-grade
classroom to find students coding with robots, utilizing speech to text services on their iPad and exploring their
interests effortlessly. Modern-day teachers, I believe, must not only embrace the use of technology but should
have a good idea of the how and why, while the students decide the what and how much.
A step to future classrooms
◦ Over the last few decades, our understanding of learning and the conditions under which it is facilitated have
substantially improved. In most contemporary theories, learning is conceived as a constructive and social
activity, as a result of which the roles of the teacher and the learner within the classroom have been redefined.
Development in technologies that can be used to enhance and support learning has been even more rapid.
Nonetheless, it would appear that the majority of the classrooms in today’s schools and universities remain
unreached by these developments. In our roles as students, parents, teachers, designers, or researchers, the
future of the classroom is an important issue of concern to many of us. It is certainly an issue that has the
potential to fire one’s imagination. It is also an issue that can unite people from various educational and
vocational backgrounds or divide them even further. However, despite the wide range of ideas and
perspectives on this topic, multi-disciplinary efforts to design the classroom of the future are scarce. Our
presumptions surrounding the classroom are alive and well and for most of us, classrooms are something very
physical. We therefore need multiple perspectives to shake up our own traditional way of thinking about
classrooms and to stimulate a real discussion concerning what the classroom actually is. This volume can be
seen as a step in the direction of bringing together researchers, designers, and teachers, providing a forum in
which to share their experiences and ideas on emerging theoretical and technological developments related to
the future classroom and in which to plan the future classroom in an innovative and imaginative way. The
volume is mainly based on the contributions presented at an international workshop entitled “The Classroom
of the Future”.
Come take a look at your future classroom
The Future Classroom
◦ When we look at our society today, there is no doubt that our education system is undergoing another
revolution. Technology has advanced to the point where it has made information widely accessible, and
its convenience has established new means of independent learning. Students are able to learn from a
seamlessly infinite resource, and now schools face a competitor in the distribution of knowledge. Now as
schools attempt to integrate technology into the school environment, there are challenges in defining the
next generation of classrooms. Through our Alternate Worlds class, we have attempted to integrate
technology into the class with both success and disappointment.

◦ Like a future classroom our class embraces technology as a tool for education. Through websites, blogs,
and streaming online media, our class takes all forms except the traditional lecture style. Another way in
which this class is an example of a future classroom is in the way we communicate. Through forums,
chat boxes and emails, our class communicates through instant mediums instead of face-to-face contact.
One final way in which this class is a model for future classrooms is in the responsibility that students
have for their own education. Students in our class make their own schedule to keep up in class and are
bounded by a loose schedule. Students are given flexibility in where and when they want to work, which
is different from traditional classrooms that meet on strict schedules
The Future Classroom...
◦ Though our online class exemplifies many characteristics of a future classroom, our class stays traditional in
several ways. One similarity between our classroom and a traditional classroom is that students still hold the
responsibility for submitting in work to be graded. Students still need to be assessed on whether or not they are
keeping on task with readings, and so assignments and projects are still used like in traditional education
settings. Our class is also similar to traditional classes in which there is a professor who takes part in ensuring
that we stay actively.

◦ The Future is Now Each Year, schools are changing the way they educate by including more technology in the
classroom. While some teachers and parents are concerned about the rapid modernization of the classroom,
many people believe it is the best way to help set up students for future success. Modern technology belongs in
the classroom because it gives students important technological experiences, increases student interest, and has
many useful tools. One of the benefits of technology in the classroom is that it gives students important
technological experiences that can help them in the future. 
Kids of very small age will also be
introduced to AI and that day is not so far.
Thank
You