Opportunities for Creating the Future of Learning

This website was full of possible future ideas for students to get more out of their it includes topics such as; Resilient School Communities, Amplified Educators and Learners, A Global Learning Economy, Design as Philosophy and many more. The good thing about this website is that it not only talks about the importance of education but it also the importance of health amongst students. The future relies on having new and innovative ideas on education and the well being of children. All of the blogs that we have deal with things that will be important generation after generation.

The future of Classrooms.

Here is a school in west Philadelphia that was making advancements toward making school much more technological and help the students learn more and faster.

An ongoing Struggle to pay for school

There doesnt seem to be any decrease in the near future for to cost of schools, i found this website to be extremely informative and also had a video explaining the problems college students and prospective students

National College Funding Strategies, Inc.

I found a page that supports my post about the future of e-books in schools. Click Here

Text books of the future!

With the price of books slowly increasing a good alternative could be to have all of the books transferred to a small file and could be accessed through wireless devices, Computers, lap tops and other devices. Colleges could have codes for all of the books on file and they would still be able to sell the code. By converting them to a computer file they will be able to save money on packaging, shipments, and having to spend money on new editions. The books could be updated or changes through software that the book companies will have. This would save schools and students alike.

High Tech Wood Working at BCCC

Right here at the college is one of the most known woodworking program in the community colleges across america. known for the wood turning classes and also cabinet making class, the college is beyond it time with high tech wood working. the class has state of the art wood turning equipment and also a state of the art wood cutting machine that is computer ran. here is a look at what is taught in the program as well as the history of wood turning at bucks.

http://www.bucks.edu/catalog/2092.php

http://www.bucks.edu/artmobile/turnstylesmanual2.pdf

Wood Working with the click of a mouse

i was able to find a video showing off a new machine, Format 4 CNC machine. this machine can cut wood that can be used to make different cabinets and other wood working items. this is the future of what wood working will be going to and how high tech it will get.