After reflecting about the changes that computers have undergone since ENIAC was introduced, 6th grade students spent a day looking at trends for the future.  Devices seem to be getting smaller, but there is a point where our current input and output systems are difficult to use, size-wise.  Some keyboards are already too small for hands to type comfortably, and some screens are small enough that users sit hunched over to read the tiny writing.

Students used Microsoft Paint and Word to create computers of the future, taking into consideration portability and function. Here are a couple of standout examples:

a wearable computer from the future

Rachel designed a wearable, translucent computer

A table computer designed by billings computer student

Rory's computer is a desk, and the desk is a computer