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Describe the differences between the 21st century classroom and the classrooms of 10 or 20years ago.

As the social works change rapidly for 20 years, the classroom inevitably turns to focus

 on developing more complex knowledge and adapting in 21st century workplaces from

 lecture-centered classrooms. First of all, the school requires students to get higher order

 thinking skills as well as knowledge of technology in the information industry. The idea of

 learning is changed. The teachers had the power to control students in the past years.

 However, students have their opportunity to choose what they want, to pursue their goals, 

and take a responsibility from their decision. As students become self-governing individuals, 

they also can communicate effectively each other; students would share their opinions and 

would discuss on a specific topic. Moreover, the major roles of teachers, classroom 

facilitators, are care of their kids and help them to be interested, to engage what they are 

doing in classes, and to achieve the skills to figure out by themselves. In the technological 

society, it is more important to how to get information and to use it than the material itself, 

which is changed by releasing a new program and the older one is outdated for a few years. It 

is not possible to avoid using the technologies in the 21st century. Students will be able to 

learn handling knowledge through technologies applying in the workplaces. In my opinion, 

the huge difference in 21st century is the era which combines progressive educative 

conditions for students and technologies.