What the Tech... Daily Integration?

Take a moment to think about classrooms in the previous century. Adults nowadays are able to get a feel for what their former classrooms and even perhaps their parents' former classrooms were like through movies and documentaries. Think now about classrooms in the 19th century, about the materials and modus operandi in classrooms of the time before our grandparents. Most people forget that books were rare and pictures in them were rarer, that blackboards and chalk were luxuries and that teacher training, when it first emerged, was minimal. If teachers were allowed to travel forward a century in time to observe classrooms and teaching practices, the reactions would likely be varied and strong. Some would likely be excited, some would likely be confused about how certain things were supposed to happen, and some would likely be upset by future standards which were different from those of their own time. But if they could peek into the students' minds and see what connections were being made and how features of future classrooms were facilitating learning, I think the best teachers would (if reluctantly) favor the methods and tools which promoted such advances for the students.
This is not to say that they would find the implementation and use of those methods and tools to be easy. In the 21st century, there is wide spectrum of ability and acceptance among teachers when it comes to using modern technological advances in a classroom. But in general, if teachers are reluctant to implement the use of technology in their classroom on a daily basis, this is usually due to either lack of consistent availability of the technologies or to lack of understanding about them. These would probably be the greatest obstacles to a curriculum with maximum technology integration. It would take an investment of time and money to train teachers to use the tools the schools purchases to their maximum potential, as learning to use a SmartBoard, for example, is not as simple as learning to use a whiteboard was for our educational predecessors. Teachers must also remember that a power outage could thwart their plans for a technology-saturated class, and might want a few back-up options as well. However, daily integration of technology in the classroom would provide students with the consistent practice they need to master 21st century skills, both technical and cognitive. The teachers might struggle with planning and preparing integrated classes initially, but as with present classroom elements that were once new, teachers will learn how they can be useful until there comes a point that doing without them seems absurd.
I think that appropriate integration according to grade level and student ability is necessary. For example, I could have a 1st-Grade class use an children's dictionary software, but have a high-school class use Britannica Online. The high-schoolers could research articles on a certain topic on Google, but elementary school students should research for an assignment using a teacher-approved search engine. These are things that can and should be done every day, and some lessons will have more potential for technology use than others. But the attitude teachers show towards technology will be reflected in the students' abilities, and if the goal is to give them the best possible preparation for the rest of their lives, technology should definitely have a major part in that.
If teachers nowadays could peek at technology 100 years from now, I don't doubt that there would still be mixed feelings. But it's highly likely that education without technology will be seen as unthinkable, and it would be interesting to see how education itself will be affected. The trend is towards independent discovery by the students with support from the instructors, and in 100 years this concept may be taken to currently unimaginable heights. But if the students are the better for it, both in terms of knowledge and cognitive abilities, so much the better.