Microsoft's Vision of the Future Classroom is today what Star Trek was in 1968. Think about a classroom operated by virtual reality, augmented reality, & artificial intelligence . Do we even have enough skilled or trainable educators to equip our students with the experiences and skills necessary to think 10 years out? Will we create enough skilled workers to carry out these innovations? Do we have the resources and skills to teach our kids to belong, dream, create, visualize

As parent of grade school boys my husband and I do the weekly routine of emptying out their pockets before laundry and the every so often completely cleaning their rooms....yes with trash bags. Without fail every time we fill grocery bags full of bits and pieces of junk. From rocks, to broken plastic bits, to string, rubber bands, sand and rocks.....these bits and pieces are bits and pieces of them MOST Magnificent Things.....to them anyway. When asked why there is sand and