Rebecca Smithers, writes in today's Guardian
Children imagine a flying future
"Today's 10-year-olds imagine a future transformed by technology in which their lessons will be taught by robots and they will learn about celebrities and alien languages. According to a survey published today, only one in a hundred thinks they will be walking to get from A to B; the rest believe they will use jet packs, and hoverboards, as routine transport.
Participants in the study by internet provider AOL to mark its 10th anniversary are the first generation born in the internet era, and their views show how central technology is to their lives. Most believe there will still be schools to go to, but that technology will play an increasingly important role in learning. The 600 children surveyed think there will still be teachers, but 37% imagine them to be robots. Some 24% believe that teachers will be human but also that the teachers will have interchangeable microchips so that one person can teach all subjects.
More than one in two believe hoverboarding will be popular, while one third predict that rocket boots will be their favourite amusement, and another third think it will be a jet pack. As to activities today they think will remain popular, 27% said football and 23% riding a bike.
When it comes to the curriculum, they predict future generations will be learning robot building (63%), alien languages (47%), celebrities (26%) and R&B music (22%). Children will wear virtual reality helmets to bring lessons to life, say 40%, while 23% believe they will not need lessons because microchips implanted in their head will release relevant information to the brain.
Matt Whyman, internet agony uncle and adviser to the chief medical officer on youth issues, said: " The kids seem very aware of the liberating quality of technology."
Walter Derzko
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