Computopia: Old Visions of a High-Tech Future Part 1. “The Rise of the Computerized School,” illustrated by Shigeru Komatsuzaki, takes a peek inside the classroom of the future, where the teacher is an image on a screen and students sit at desks equipped with computers. When the teacher presents a problem, the students input the answer into their computers. If an answer is incorrect, the students use a light pen to make revisions on the monitor until the computer says it is right. For the purpose of maintaining order, the future classroom will come equipped with watchful robots that rap students on the head if they lose focus or act up.
