In the past, different students were taught in similar ways. Now we need to embrace diversity with differentiated pedagogical practices. The past was curriculum-centered, the future is learner centered. The goals of the past were standardization and compliance, that is, students are educated in batches of age, following the same standard curriculum, all assessed at the same time. The future is about personalizing educational experiences, that is building instruction from student passions and capacities, helping students personalize their learning and assessment in ways that foster engagement and talents. In the past, schools were technological islands, that is technology was deployed mostly to support existing practices for efficiency gains. Future schools are empowered and use the potential of technologies to liberate learning from past conventions and connect learners in new and powerful ways. The past was interactive, the future is participate.