Eight ‘axes of tension’, around which developments in the exploitation of ICT will revolve to achieve aspirations for schooling, are identified and explored in this paper. Possible interactions between these tensions and aspirations with the educational promises held out by the technology and constraints on change and innovation are illustrated with three main scenarios to portray possible futures for schooling. The main aims of the paper are to motivate and direct debate, and to provide access to a framework that others may use to etch out and explore their own preferred visions for the future of education.