The future of continuing education is still evolving. Who knows how all the technological applications and demands on adults will change as we move further into the 21st Century. Remember where education was just 50 years ago or even 20 years ago.
When classrooms adopt iPads or other tablets in lower grades amongst younger students, the possibility that those students will be left behind in terms of the greater society decreases dramatically
If low-income students are unlucky enough to attend schools which can’t fund technology purchases, the chance that they’ll find a way out of a low income life becomes less likely.
If a student graduates high school without at least a rudimentary and working knowledge of new technologies, their future starts looking a lot less bright.
But increasingly, even menial entry level jobs require much more computer literacy than what some disadvantaged students are getting in schools.