 ICT tools are tools that has an input, output and we must be able to process with it.  ICT devices and object used in information and communications.

 Learning Management Systems  Student Management Systems  Digital Student Report Card Systems  Plagiarism Detection Systems  Online Collaborative Workspaces  Virtual Classroom Software Systems  e-Portfolios  Internet based software that deploys, manages, and tracks.  May include financial, timetabling, student records and reporting.  A digitized system for transmitting student information e portfolio  Examines digital text and by comparing nature and frequency of particular word strings.  Online communication tools to enable collaboration. Examples: Bulletin board, discussion lists.  Deliver an interactive learning environment to students with a computer and Internet connection.  Electronic (or digital) portfolio – digital storage to enable an individual.

 Interactive whiteboards  Personal communication  Personal Digital Entertainment Devices (PDEs) and MP3 Players  Storage devices  Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) (also known as Handheld Devices)  Mobile phones  Laptops  Tablet PCs  Gaming Devices  Assistive and Adaptive Technologies  A whiteboard surface that displays digital files from a computer via a data projector.  Digital communication, which enables individuals to talk to one person or more.  Device for transferring electronic work between various devices.  Enable user to download, store and play audio.  PDAs and Pocket PCs allow input of data.  Increasingly these allow communication via photos, video.  A mobile computer that is operated with a battery away from power sources.  A small screen (12”) laptop PC in which data may be directly.  Consist of a gaming console and games or a content delivery method.  Technology that supports students with disabilities, such as screen readers, and virtual pencils.

 Podcasts  Vodcasts  Blogs  Wikis  Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)  Digital TV  Podcasting is a method of publishing audio files via the Internet  Video on demand is the same concept  A web-based journal or log book  A Wikis or wiki is a website (or other hypertext document collection)  Enables transmission of voice across the Internet.  Similar to analogue capacity to deliver rich multimedia

 Moblogs and Photoblogs  Digital Cameras  Scanners  Swarming (also called “meetups”)  Peer-to-peer Networking and Technologies  A combination of the words blog and mobile.  Film is stored digitally  Enable the digitisation of analogue content.  People with a common interest come together.  A network that allows two or more computers to share their resources

Information and Communication Technologies have recently gained groundswell interest. It is a significant research area for many scholars around the globe. Their nature has highly changed the face of education over the last few decades. Blanskat, Blamire, kefala (2006) conducted a study carried out in national, international, and European schools. There is a significant improvement on learners’ performances. Finally, teachers become more convinced that educational achievements of pupils are due to good ICT use. In fact, high percentage of teachers in Europe (86%) states that pupils are more motivated when computers and Internet are being used in class.. Indeed, an absolute majority of teachers in Europe (90 %) claim to use ICT to do tasks, such as preparing lessons, sequencing classroom activities. ICT proves that students who used educational technology felt more successful in school they are more motivated to learn more and have increased self- confidence and self-esteem. It is also confirmed that many students found learning in a technology- enhanced setting more stimulating and much better than in a traditional classroom environment (Pedretti and Mayer- Smith 1998).

 This paper focuses on the Classroom of the Future project. It shows the whole process of building the classroom of the future from a normal classroom. It points out the problems and questions arising during the realization of the project, highlights the benefits of some ICT tools and shows the main lines of research running in connection with this issue. The main aims of the project are: (1) to build an Ideal Classroom for the 21st century, (2) to integrate multimedia learning environment into teacher-education, (3) to test the efficiency of the newest ICT tools in education (4) to develop curriculum materials for different ages to foster deep understanding and to motivate students through bringing real-life problems and new directions of teaching methods to school. Flexible furniture and technology is also a perfect environment for students to obtain the skills they will need in the real-life knowledge-based digital world.

Innovative teaching, multimedia in education  Multimedia is the combination of various digital media types (e.g. images, sound, video, text) they compile an integrated multi- sensory interactive application to present the information to an audience (Neo and Neo, 2001). According to Agnew, Kellerman and Meyer (1996) multimedia means “an individual or a small group using a computer to interact with information that is represented in several media, by repeatedly selecting what to see and hear next”. Aims of the project  The main aims of the Classroom of the Future project are: (1) to build an Ideal Classroom for the 21st Century (2) to integrate multimedia learning environment into teacher-education, (3) to test and research the efficiency of the newest ICT tools in education (4) to develop curriculum materials for different ages to foster deep understanding and to motivate students through bringing real-life problems and new directions of teaching methods to school.

 Within the confines of the project of the future classroom it must be built from an ordinary classroom, which is an ideal one for teachers and students as well. Electricity It follows from this that the first step to rearrange the classroom was the wiring. The electrician installed plugs in every half a meter along the longer wall in height of half meter from the floor, Colors In most of the cases faculties, prefer classrooms which wall color is "institutional" white. Figure 1. The colors of the Classroom of Future Figure 2. The colors of the Classroom of Future 2 Figure 3. Mobile furniture allows for an easy rearrangement

Mobile furniture  One of the most important factors of designing a perfect classroom is the good selection of furniture. Figure 4. Mobile furniture allows for an easy rearrangement Figure 5. Mobile furniture allows for an easy rearrangement We also had to solve the problem of storage and charging the computers in a safe place. To do this, it was designed a special cupboard in the cleft, mentioned previously, was designed. By designing the cupboard, we had to keep in mind that (1) the air circulation of electronically tools is important, (2) charging the computers must be solved, (3) to make sure that an average-sized person is able to reach the location where the computers are. Figure 6. Some possibilities of sitting order Whiteboards  We prefer whiteboards to blackboards. On one hand, Wireless technology and multimedia  The classroom of the future promotes not only a sense of well-being and produces a home-like atmosphere and its interior is technically well equipped and designed for effective learning as well.