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Many people have mixed feelings about Microsoft’s School of the Future Summit, which was really interesting in some portions but left many wanting more in others. The best part was the conversations with people outside of the session rooms. With 250 or so people from 31 countries, it was probably the most diverse situation that many have found themselves in. It was really diverse in ideas of many different cultures as well. We are all feeling the pressure to think differently about schools and teaching methods but depending on factors of circumstances and cultures this can be a hard concept to look at open minded because there were a wide variety of approaches to the shift. Many schools had technology at the finger tips of every student while some barely even touched it. It’s going to be interesting to see how this gets presented because the web offers a whole new way of learning directly from an expert rather than from an institution. Eventually technology has to be a part of the way we do our learning business these days especially with the advancing new technology it will eventually be mandatory for everyone.