It is somewhat ironical that children who enter school today are probably more savvy in the use of the technologies than many of their teachers. A teacher may have an iPhone or an iPad but it is the child who uses the gadget not just to view a movie or chat with his or her friends. In all likelihood he or she is probably active in the social media world, produces videos (albeit of a modest kind), explores and demonstrates his or her capacity to search for and assemble information to form a coherent narrative, plans an outing with his or her friends, all ‘just in time'. The potential and range of applications available to the child seems almost bottomless. My granddaughter who is barely ten years old makes music on her iPad using software called Garage Band while I have problems composing a text message!! So how would a future student look like and behave.

In many ways technology has removed the barrier of time and location from learning. For the learner of the future the classroom become a part of their play and social life setting them free to explore the information and knowledge universe at their own pace and to remake it. A group of educators were interviewed recently on the nature of learning and learner that the teaching profession should prepare themselves. That next video I wish you to see presents some of their views.