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The development and use of technology is ever-changing within education and teaching. Today’s generation of students are among the first to grow up in an environment surrounded by new technologies consisting of computers, the internet, mobile phones and a multitude of other digital media. Whilst students may be well versed with the use of such technology, most teachers find it difficult to keep up, let alone employ these new technologies in the classroom. The majority of research seems to report overwhelming positives for the use of technology in classrooms; however such use still has its critics, including university studies on the topic in which the health, social interactive skills, and school performance of students is shown to be affected. Despite such difficulties, many schools are learning to incorporate new technologies in their teaching, and are paving the way for an education system where the role of new technologies will be to enhance student learning and create a more relevant teaching environment. Through our research on the topic of using new technologies in schools, we formulated predictions on the the future use of the technology over the next ten years and will elaborate further in the following discussion.