It's always interesting to see what's developing in the tech world- and even more interesting to think about how these new ideas can be tailored for use in the classroom. If Pete Cashmore's predictions are correct, I can foresee classrooms in the not-too-distant future where students complete their homework on tablets and submit it electronically- and paper notebooks will become antiques!
Read the entire article on Cashmore's top 10 tech trends for 2012 here:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/19/tech/innovation/top-tech-trends-2012/index.html