--- description: Bblackboards are a transformative piece of tech in schools, a removable implant could revolutionize management of type 1 diabetes and more. title: Blackboards Are the Most Important Tech in School image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Blackboard Might Be the Most Transformative Piece of Tech in Education by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 3, 2018 5:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 3, 2018 5:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**The most transformative piece of tech in U.S. classrooms might be the humble blackboard.**](https://daily.jstor.org/how-blackboards-transformed-american-education/ "undefined") By Livia Gershon in _JSTOR Daily_ **2\.** [**This removable implant could revolutionize management of type 1 diabetes.**](http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/01/removable-implant-may-control-type-1-diabetes "undefined") By Tom Fleischman at _Cornell University_ **3\.** [**What if a better bitcoin could be created with progressive ideals?**](http://theweek.com/articles/745606/case-progressive-cryptocurrency "undefined") By Jeff Spross in the _Week_ **4\.** [**This bill could spell the end of hackable voting machines.**](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/new-bill-could-finally-get-rid-of-paperless-voting-machines/ "undefined") By Timothy B. Lee in _Ars Technica_ **5\.** [**In some parts of the world, the greatest danger from climate change may come from humidity, not heat.**](http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2017/12/22/humidity-may-prove-breaking-point-for-some-areas-as-temperatures-rise-says-study/ "undefined") By Kevin Krajick at the _Earth Institute_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5085686/the-blackboard-might-be-the-most-transformative-piece-of-tech-in-education/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5085686/the-blackboard-might-be-the-most-transformative-piece-of-tech-in-education/"},"headline":"The Blackboard Might Be the Most Transformative Piece of Tech in Education","datePublished":"2018-01-03T17:00:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:15.499Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/5085686/the-blackboard-might-be-the-most-transformative-piece-of-tech-in-education/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Innovation","climate change","Education","Bitcoin","Voting"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5085686/the-blackboard-might-be-the-most-transformative-piece-of-tech-in-education/","name":"The Blackboard Might Be the Most Transformative Piece of Tech in Education"}}]}] ```