As I was growing up, I remember reading through "The Electronic
   Cottage" when I was about 11/12 years old in 1983/4 and I
   believed that the world would go towards unpaper and - indeed,
   it has... sort of.

   One of the drawbacks I discovered in my own life and witnessed
   has been an increase in information output from a greater number
   of people who might otherwise have been keeping things in their
   heads - but for things of a critical nature, paper is still
   king. Why?

   It survives.

   One of the goals of Common Core, as funded by Bill Gates'
   philanthropy group, is to equip schools who adhere to it with
   technology to be able to do the testing. All-in-all, great in
   theory; it's similar to the vision you speak of, although it is
   Microsoft that's in charge (which unfortunately becomes the
   monopoly instead of the textbook industry, which is also been a
   scam for a long time).

   But, for all of my antimonopoly tendencies, I am a fan of a "one
   tablet per child"; just as long as they also get their lunch
   programs set up properly for health, bring free recess BACK into
   all public schools (relying on programmed sports for recreation
   is a 'goal oriented play' which is fine for those who want to -
   but some, like my nephew, are artsy creative and sports aren't
   for him)

   Creative playtime is critical in all years of school; even
   middle and high school; those "down times" are important; and a
   variety of clubs, with or without technology should be available
   as well as mentorships within the system for those who are not
   "joiners" but need their creativity nourished.

   Ah, so many dreams of how education should be - I have many.

   In some subjects, tablets are necessary; in others, a more 3D
   interaction with real world objects may work better for other
   students; I don't think a complete switch to 2D interface is
   necessary in every subject; but I definitely like the idea of
   the desk-tablet. There's no reason that shouldn't be possible
   now. Making them "kidproof" is just a matter of having the right
   surface materials - lexan or whatever is compatible with touch
   screen technologies.

   Microsoft is working towards a similar vision to yours; and it's
   propegating through the various states, to different degrees.
   Many aspects of Common Core are wonderful; but it has an
   overreliance on testing.

   There many troubles with continual testing-as-metric. Kids
   aren't rats. They're people. Teachers will lose jobs - even
   though common core doesn't specify - and Bill Gates *has* spoken
   against the idea - the NEA is not opposed to the testing results
   being used to evaluate teacher performence. (ie - your kids
   aren't performing? You're fired)...

   But that's not related to what you're talking about. It's just a
   lot of bad science is being tossed into good science. I won't
   even go into the of "Grit" vs IQ debate;
   encouraging-failure-through-confusion to keep everybody working
   at the same pace simply disturbs me....