At nine o’clock it is time for school. Inside a large closet in your bedroom there is a vision phone and vision desk. As soon as you dial your school number, the screen lights up, and there is your teacher.

In 2010 your home is your classroom. The teacher’s classroom is in his or her home. In the teacher’s room there are many vision screens connected to the vision phone. On these screens the teacher can see all the children in the class.

Opposite the screens there is a blackboard. Whatever the teacher writers on the board can be seen on the children’s vision desks.

Note: In the classes that I teach, I bring guest speakers in via Skype. Every time I do it, I actually think of this little “vision phone” section. Because to me, even though I’ve done it a few dozen times at this point, it still feels like living in exactly the future we were promised.