Obsolete Education Tools

Ian Jukes observed that there are "Eight Education Tools that Are Going Away :

1. Books
2. Pencils
3. Chalkboard
4. Teaching from the Front of the Class
5. Technology-Free Class
6. Memorizing
7. Teacher as Expert
8. Handwriting

One thing which concerns me about such pronouncements is that they may be driven in part by the educational technology vendors who hype the need for the constant acquisition of new technology. I would be interested in research on the technology typically employed in the classrooms of nations such as Switzerland and Singapore, in order to see if the latest technology is required for high educational attainment.

-DD