Back To School Classroom Tech

Summer vacation is over and it’s time for your kids to go back to school. The technology that awaits them when the bell rings has taken a giant leap forward from when we were taught the three Rs. The use of laptop computers and interactive tablets makes learning a lot more entertaining, while the ability to interact with students in other states or even other continents is making our world smaller. Some classrooms have been flipped on their heads to help kids learn.

Here are a dozen new technologies that teachers and students are using together to help enhance education. Not all of them are in every school yet. But if they aren’t in your child’s school, maybe you should ask when they will be.

Senior Editor Kevin Clemens has been writing about energy, automotive, and transportation topics for more than 30 years. He has masters degrees in Materials Engineering and Environmental Education and a doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in aerodynamics. He has set several world land speed records on electric motorcycles that he built in his workshop.