Informational Age in Technology

What would/could the informational age look like in education?

Education in the informational age would look very different than the current system. The agricultural age led to the current calendar based on when crops needed to be harvested....in the informational age, students would be able to achieve what Dr. David Thornburg calls "learning anytime, anywhere". The industrial age led to students needing to be sitting in the same classroom and separated into age/grade levels.....in the informational age, students could connect and collaborate via the internet. Students can be in different cities, states, and countries and be working together to learn. The informational age would allow teachers to go paperless......notes, worksheets, assignments, etc. could be available on the internet.

The informational age has and will provide so many opportunities to education. The educational community needs to choose to progress into the informational age.

[The ideas of the three ages (agricultural, industrial, and informational) are from Alvin Toffler's, The Third Wave.]