Using technology can change the way teachers teach. Some teachers use technology in 'teacher-centered' ways...On the other hand, some teachers use technology to support more student-centered approaches to instruction, so that students can conduct their own scientific inquiries and engage in collaborative activities while the teacher assumes the role of facilitator or coach."

When the rate of change inside an institution is less than the rate of change outside, the end is in 
site... 
Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric
Right now, education is moving along at a snail's pace, while the world outside is speeding by at 
a supersonic rate. According to Fulton (1989, pg. 12), "Classrooms of today resemble their 
ancestors of 50 and 100 years ago much more closely than do today's hospital operating rooms, 
business offices, manufacturing plants, or scientific labs." If you put a doctor of 100 years ago in 
today's operating room, she would be lost, yet if you placed a teacher of 100 years ago into one 
of today's classrooms she wouldn't skip a beat. Does this mean that the end is in sight for 
education? The answer is YES, if your asking if it means the end of education as we know it 
today. Let us take a peek at what the future might look like