"21 Things That Will Be Obsolete by 2020"

No desks?  No Homework?  Differentiated Instruction As A Sign of A Distinguished Teacher?

These are some of the twenty one predictions in a recent Mind/Shift online article by Shelly Blake-Plock that was inspired by Sandy Speicher's vision of the designed school day of the future. 

What about no computers?  I do agree with the author that mobile computing will exponentially grow over the decade in terms of use and technological enhancements which will render the demand for the computer desktop to fall appreciably....to the point of total elimination....I doubt it.  One could argue that geo-socio-economic variables will still create "have and have not" school communities.  Also, there are huge network and security issues with students getting access to and sharing school information and data online with their own personal devices. 

This is a great article because there are posted comments for which the author has responded.  The article is on the link below.

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/03/21-things-that-will-be-obsolete-by-2020/

Thanks for reading.  Looking forward to your comments.