Robot Teachers and Floating Chairs?
Austin, Texas, elementary school looks to the future
When Kid Reporter Trinity Vogel asked her fellow students about the classroom of the future, she heard about robot teachers, floating chairs, and boosters to transport kids around campus. The teachers and her principal were more realistic, but just as creative in envisioning how their students could be learning just a few years from now.
Click play below to find out about today — and possibly tomorrow — at Timy Baranoff Elementary School in Austin, Texas.
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