Skip to main content

Wearable Tech To Be Widespread in Classrooms by 2020

Tech companies, analysts and educators seem to agree that wearable devices and virtual reality tools are inevitable additions to the future classroom.

Republish
Blackwell middle school students study on their iPads, which all students receive starting in seventh grade.
Credit: Axel Gerdau

Tech companies, analysts and educators seem to agree that wearable devices and virtual reality tools are inevitable additions to the future classroom. In fact, many students and teachers are already taking advantage of tech that, until recently, seemed the stuff of science fiction. Experts imagine the array of products will expand to include wearable tech with the ability to adapt to meet each student’s unique learning needs. (Ed Tech)

Texans need truth. Help us report it.

Independent Texas reporting needs your support. The Texas Tribune delivers fact-based journalism for Texans, by Texans — and our community of members, the readers who donate, make our work possible. Help us bring you and millions of others in-depth news and information. Will you support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation of any amount?

Support independent Texas news

Become a member. Join today.

Choose an amount or learn more about membership.

$20 $25 $50 Other
Donate now

Information about the authors

John Reynolds’s staff photo

Learn about The Texas Tribune’s policies, including our partnership with The Trust Project to increase transparency in news.

Explore related story topics