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The purpose of this study was to suggest directions of practical arts education according to the change of school life in the ubiquitous age. Literature review in Ubiquitous computing technology and u-learning, as research methods, were utilized to achieve the purpose of this study. In this study, the effect of ubiquitous computing technology on school life was reviewed in the two view points. One is the view of change and another is the view of constancy. In the view of change, school life had new educational environment new method, new social needs or expect. So, students' learning pace and achievement were managed automatically, and students had individual, customized learning experience. In the view of constancy, school life kept up educational goal as human resources development, acceptance of the change, and face-to-face interaction as characteristics of education. The major suggestions of this study on the new practical arts education's direction were as follows: (1) reforming educational goal such as process centered goal, developing higher order thinking, (2) refining subject matter such as integrated learning content based hands-on activities, and (3) transformation of instructional strategies and assessment such as experiment or practice and criterion referenced assessment.