Happy Connected Educator Month: A Day in the Life
by Rob Furman
October has been deemed “Connected Educator Month” by the U.S. Department of Education. In an effort to do my part, I wanted to share a thought about the current state of technology — or maybe you could call it a dream.
Futurists discuss the certainty of our students using only tablets for everything in school in the very near future. If every child had a tablet, think of the possibilities.
Let me share the dream:
The students arrive at homeroom and check in to school via their tablets. They then choose their lunch options and, via the tablet, the information for attendance and lunch count end up in the office.
Math is the first subject on the schedule and every student is getting differentiated instruction via their tablet that is custom designed for their needs. At one point the teacher of the flipped classroom pauses the class and asks everyone to go to an app and watch a