Across the nation, students are adapting emerging technologies in new and innovative ways for learning. As part of Speak Up 2010, Project Tomorrow, the national education nonprofit organization, asked students to predict what school would be like in 2015. What would “going to school” be like? Would learning be different? What would be the role of the teacher? Here is a sampling of some of those responses:

"..in 2015 people will actually play video games or other types of simulations to learn. We will become advanced enough to put arithmetic, math, science and any other subject into an interesting game." 11th grade boy, New Hanover County Schools - North Carolina

"If technology takes a step forward by the year 2015, schools would have student dropout rates decrease if computers and other sorts of technology were to be used. Going to school would mean “go have fun” learning. Teachers would only have to teach how to use computers and how to access certain school sites. The way these students learn will be different in ways that are not impossible. Four years from now, I believe that things will be much better, school-wise, than they are now.” 10th grade girl, Vallejo City Unified School District - California

“In five years, I do think that going to school will be different from what it is now. We might be able to use our phones and all have our own laptops. Our teacher will have a new role that may be showing how it relates to our world.” 9th grade girl, Calloway County Schools - Kentucky