The effects of Moore's Law, Metcalfe's Law, and technology fusion will produce a variety of hand held and wearable computers that will be connected to a worldwide digital network. Technology  fusion and a changing world economy will place new demands upon education. The teacher's  fusion and a changing world economy will place new demands upon education. The teacher's 

role will shift from that of the transmitter of facts, to a facilitator, coaching students in how to find and use facts specific to a particular context.   

I could continue with some loftier predictions, but to do so would only trivialize what I have predicted. As mentioned earlier, knowing exactly what happens in our future is not important. It is 

important that educators have a sense of where the world is headed. Only then will they be able to adequately prepare current and future students to thrive in this ever-changing world. We must 

always keep in mind that a good driver doesn't watch the car's hood while they are motoring down the road. Instead, a good driver carefully watches the road ahead, looking for the obstacles 

and challenges that lie before them. It is time that education quit watching its hood and start looking at the road ahead.