Some schools are already in the process of moving on from the technologically advanced interactive whiteboards that can be found in multiple classrooms today.
Science lessons for the girls at the Abbey School in Reading have never been so exciting since Kathryn Macaulay, director of ICT, introduced 3D projectors and glasses into the school.
Now learning about how the heart works can be done in a far more hands-on way as body parts almost literally jump out of the screen.
"It is one of the most successful pilots of IT we have had for a long time," said Ms Macaulay.
The projector looks very like the standard ones found in most schools other than the fact that it contains a 3D chip from DLP, a division of Texas Instruments.
Pupils involved in the 3D programme saw a 35% jump in their grades, according to the study.
For those schools who cannot afford to invest in new 3D projectors, mobile can do a similar job said Kieron Kirkland, a researcher at Futurelab, a not-for-profit organisation which creates tools for 21st century learning.
Tim Rylands is a good example of a leading edge teacher. He now advises schools about their use of technology and warned against getting too excited about what technology can achieve.
"Teachers have laptops that are straining to do their job while others have whiteboards that they can only use in the months of December and January when the sun has gone down," he said.
For those teachers, like Mr Rylands, who have developed great technology resources there has not been any good way to share them with others.
Here, lessons can be learned from Apple and the phenomenal success of its apps store, thinks Mr Wainewright.
"I think we will see educational app stores for teachers to share resources and make a bit of money for their efforts," he said.
Whatever shapes the school of the future will take it would be a disaster if it became all about the technology, said Mr Wainewright
"I would hate to see a school where technology was all people did. There has to be a balance between using technology and picking up a paintbrush.
Science lessons for the girls at the Abbey School in Reading have never been so exciting since Kathryn Macaulay, director of ICT, introduced 3D projectors and glasses into the school.
Now learning about how the heart works can be done in a far more hands-on way as body parts almost literally jump out of the screen.
"It is one of the most successful pilots of IT we have had for a long time," said Ms Macaulay.
The projector looks very like the standard ones found in most schools other than the fact that it contains a 3D chip from DLP, a division of Texas Instruments.
Pupils involved in the 3D programme saw a 35% jump in their grades, according to the study.
For those schools who cannot afford to invest in new 3D projectors, mobile can do a similar job said Kieron Kirkland, a researcher at Futurelab, a not-for-profit organisation which creates tools for 21st century learning.
Tim Rylands is a good example of a leading edge teacher. He now advises schools about their use of technology and warned against getting too excited about what technology can achieve.
"Teachers have laptops that are straining to do their job while others have whiteboards that they can only use in the months of December and January when the sun has gone down," he said.
For those teachers, like Mr Rylands, who have developed great technology resources there has not been any good way to share them with others.
Here, lessons can be learned from Apple and the phenomenal success of its apps store, thinks Mr Wainewright.
"I think we will see educational app stores for teachers to share resources and make a bit of money for their efforts," he said.
Whatever shapes the school of the future will take it would be a disaster if it became all about the technology, said Mr Wainewright
"I would hate to see a school where technology was all people did. There has to be a balance between using technology and picking up a paintbrush.
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