The convergence of standards proves to be a viable platform for moving society forward. The result of such agreements is a conduit for human ideas.


The aggregate history of computer science, literacy, and language all seem to assemble the idea that taking advantage of {\it existing} standards is conducive to the democratization of knowledge through communication systems formed as a result of the collective system. Gutenberg's life work took existing technology of the press and printing to create a movable type system that revolutionized literacy and education. The infrastructure of the Internet and the agreed standard of TCP/IP enabled Tim Berners-Lee to write HTTP, spawning the World Wide Web, which has exploded information across our Earth and made us a more global society in general.


Ideograms have metamorphosed into alphabets and languages, which have transformed into written words in books and now travel through the Internet as bits that make up 1's and 0's. The Information Age is here, and we can use computers for something positive: learning. 


Computers have shown to be a positive part of our civilization, and history may be telling us that command of the computer is the future of literacy. In the future, end user programming will become more important. People will go from coding for others to coding for themselves---this is how we can \emph{truly} minimize the gulf of execution. 


The expert in a given field may not be able to fully express their ideas if they must hire a developer or programmer, thus providing an interface to creating interactive environments through a language that they already use can close this gap, enabling the most optimal experiences for students learning. 


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Alternately, a designer can draw a series of mockups, snapshots of how the graphic should look for various data sets, and present these to an engineer along with a verbal description of what they mean. The engineer, who is skilled in manipulating textual abstractions, then implements the behavior with a programming language. This results in ridiculously large feedback loops—--seeing the effect of a change might take a day instead of a second. It involves coordination and communication between at least two people, and requires that the designer justify herself---she must convince the engineer and possibly layers of management that each change is worth the engineer’s time. This is no environment for creative exploration \cite[43]{victor}
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It's like letting somebody build a robot to do something for you, it's kind of clunky if you could just do it yourself! People should be writing their own software. Today's Web feeds and interfaces are the metastable relation between the next interfaces created by non-web-developers with written and spoken languages.


Until then, we can use current standards as a bridge until we reach new technological horizons. It is the Art that allows us to bridge the gap for those that are interested in \TeX\ and \LaTeX, and that is the expression which this project strives. 


This platform is not a silver bullet, but it's a first step toward looking at our history to see what worked---combining standards. There are systems for graphics creation that are more powerful, but not as powerful in the audience they can reach as a result of the interface they provide. It's important to indoctrinate our society towards a new literacy, and guide them using small steps, instead of taking giant leaps where only a portion of society is literate. 


The future of education will be affected by the future of programming and technology---the work done in the late 1950's and early 1960's set the stage for contributions that have shaped the technology timeline today. {\it What we build today will be used by our children tomorrow}. As ubiquitous computing pushes forward (e.g. when printed electronics are embedded in milk cartons and a kid can buy a Popsicle from the ice cream truck with his glasses), we need to find what will push us further. 


In the end, the crucial point is that computers push us far beyond what we were ever capable of before, and will continue to do so. Using technology to create {\it increased levels of abstraction} for the documentation of science can push education and society forward. Higher-level learning will result in a smarter society. Using knowledge from aggregate sciences in the creation of supplemental learning tools can build positive foundations for our future's successful and meaningful experiences in higher education.


The Future of Education