School: Tablets and Smart Boards Are No Longer Enough
For years we were sold the illusion that filling classrooms with tablets and hanging a smart board on the wall was enough to call it a modern school. A technological façade that is already obsolete. Expensive objects that look good at press conferences but change little or nothing in how kids actually learn.
Meanwhile, the world is moving on. In Australia, the Department of Education created EdChat, an official chatbot for students: thousands of questions every week, real-time answers, support with homework and explanations. It doesn’t replace teachers. It supports them, freeing them from repetitive tasks.
In India, several private schools are experimenting with AI platforms that analyze children’s critical thinking as early as elementary school, spotting mistakes invisible to the human eye and suggesting personalized exercises. In Finland, some schools are testing AI to adapt programs to the pace of each student instead of forcing everyone onto the same track.
The truth is simple: devices are no longer enough. Tablets and smart boards are empty shells if there isn’t a new method behind them.
Reading a book on a tablet is not innovation. On the contrary, it’s changing the medium for the worse without changing the method. Without rethinking teaching.
Those who don’t integrate digital tools properly are left with a dressed-up education that looks modern from afar but is old inside.
The risk is clear: schools that keep handing out hardware as if it were the ultimate solution, while elsewhere people experiment, fail, and try again. If we stay stuck believing that buying digital objects is enough, education won’t evolve. It becomes a museum with tablets and smart boards. An illusion of the future that doesn’t really teach anything.
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