When you think of the classroom of the future, you probably picture a human clone of Albert Einstein using 3-D holograms floating in the air to explain his theory of relativity.

Until then, telecommunications tools will be the catalyst for change in the classroom.

Telecommunications are a way to

• expand the classroom beyond its four walls without physically leaving the room
• gather, compare, and share ideas with other teachers expose your students to new ideas
• enable student collaboration
• increase students’ motivation to read and write