How is school today? How could it be changing in the future? Will it be more stimulating, more technological and more open to the students’ needs? How will the learning process be then? LET’S TRY TO IMAGINE…

TEACHERS: TODAY TEACHERS WORK WITH QUITE BIG GROUPS OF STUDENTS. TYPICAL LESSONS IN OUR CLASSES ARE TRADITIONAL ONES, WITH TEACHERS SITTING AT THE TABLE AND STUDENTS LISTENING AND TAKING NOTES. BUT WE MUST SAY THERE ARE OTHERS WHO TEACH IN A MORE INTERACTIVE AND APPEALING WAY. IN THE FUTURE TEACHERS WILL BE REPLACED BY ROBOTS, BUT WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO WORK WITH ROBOTS? WILL IT BE EASIER FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE ROBOTS’ LESSONS WITHOUT INTERACTING WITH THEM, LIKE THEY DO NOW WITH THEIR TEACHERS?

LEARNING TOOLS STUDENTS STUDY MAINLY ON BOOKS AND THEY CONSIDER THIS WAY OF LEARNING OUT OF DATE. MOREOVER BOOKS ARE OFTEN VERY HEAVY, BUT THEY CAN’T LEAVE THEM AT SCHOOL. THE OTHER LEARNING TOOLS ARE EXERCISE- BOOKS WHERE THEY DO THEIR HOMEWORK AND TAKE NOTES. STUDENTS WILL STUDY WITH TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES. THEY WILL HAVE A TABLET WITH INTERNET CONNECTION WHICH WILL REPLACE TRADITIONAL BOOKS. ALSO TEACHERS WILL USE IT FOR CLASS ACTIVITIES.

SCHOOL BUILDINGS SCHOOL BUILDINGS TODAY ARE QUITE OLD BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILT IN THE 60s/70s. SINCE THEY ARE OFTEN IN THE TOWN CENTRE, THEY HAVEN’T GOT ENOUGH PARKING SPACES. THEY ARE NOT ENERGY EFFICIENT AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO POLLUTE THE ENVIRONMENT. IN THE FUTURE BUILDINGS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH SOLAR PANELS; THEY WILL BE ECOFRIENDLY AND SELF-SUFFICIENT SO THEY WILL CUT COSTS. TO GET TO SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WILL USE ELECTRIC BUSES AND NO CARS OR SCOOTERS WILL BE ADMITTED. TO CONTRIBUTE TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY STUDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO CYCLE SPECIAL BIKES IN THE SCHOOL- GYM WHICH WILL PRODUCE ENERGY USED TO HEAT THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS

CLASS EQUIPMENT TODAY DESKS ARE IN WOOD AND WITHOUT ANY TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICE. CHAIRS ARE NOT ERGONOMIC. IN EVERY CLASS THERE ARE HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAPS AND POSTERS. BLACKBOARDS AND WHITEBOARDS ARE DIFFICULT TO USE. IN 30 YEARS DESKS WILL BE REPLACED BY PORTABLE WORK STATIONS WITH INTERNET CONNECTION AND INTERACTIVE TOOLS. CHAIRS WILL BE ERGONOMIC. THE MAPS WILL BE 3D AND THE WALLS WILL PROVIDE MAGNETIC, WRITING SURFACES FOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES.

SCHOOL BREAKS IN THE FUTURE DURING THE BREAKS STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND RELAX IN A WI-FI OPEN SPACE EQUIPPED WITH SOFAS AND A RESTAURANT SELLING ONLY HEALTHY FOOD. TODAY WE HAVE ONLY VENDING MACHINES SELLING COFFEE, DRINKS AND SNACKS. SCHOOL BREAKS AREN’T RELAXING AS THERE IS NO DEDICATED AREA.

CLASSROOMS IN THE FUTURE STUDENTS WON’T BE STUCK AT A DESK, BUT THEY WILL MOVE AROUND THE ROOM TO USE ALL THE AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES. LABS WILL BE USED EVERY DAY FOR PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES. NOW STUDENTS MUST ATTEND LESSONS IN THEIR CLASSROOM AND THEY MUST BE SEATED AT A DESK.