Smart technologies are now commonplace across a variety of different sectors from agricultural, to healthcare and the education sector, we have seen a technological revolution happen regarding smart wearable devices, more and more people are turning to wearable devices to monitor their physical health and physiology. There are several technologies in the education sector, specifically in classrooms that aim to improve the immersion and interactivity of learning material, but they don’t come without their challenges which prevent implementation for several institutions due to a plethora of issues. This paper studies the components of smart classrooms, discussing their merits and challenges with an aim to gauge their effectiveness at achieving their intended outcomes, IoT technologies are highlighted and discussed as they form a fundamental backbone to smart classroom architecture with the future of both IoT and smart classrooms being covered. The paper then concludes with a summary of the material covered.