Computers in the Classroom - A Disappearing Phenomenon?

SUMMARY The new notion of the “disappearing computer” challenges and relativises widely accepted assumptions about the role and benefit of computers in schools and classrooms. The “new technologies” may turn out to be used in less dominant and less explicit ways than this is currently envisioned. As a consequence, the pedagogical aspects of designing learning environments and of organising learning procedures should be given priority over techno-centric visions of future learning. Recent experience from two EU projects shows new ways of integrating interactive digital media with in-classroom learning scenarios.