We must be careful not to look to this technology with hopes that it will be the next band aid for education. Installing computers, software, networking hardware, telephone lines and cabling in our schools will not change the way our children think unless we use these tools in new ways which take advantage of the possibilities the new tools have to offer.
Predictor: Rose, Kimberly
Prediction, in context:Kimberly Rose made the following statement in a research presentation at INET ’95, the Internet Society’s 1995 International Networking Conference, in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 27-30 1995. Rose was a researcher with Apple Computer’s Advanced Technology Group at the time. She was based in Los Angeles with the Learning Concepts Group under the direction of Apple Fellow Alan Kay. Rose also worked with a consortium of schools in Southern California to develop collaborative dynamic curricula using a wide-area telecommunications network. Rose remarks: ”The ‘Internet,’ the ‘Web,’ ‘gopher,’ ‘telnet,’ ‘ftp,’ ‘networking’ – these are all the latest buzzwords being tossed around today in schools throughout the world. We must be careful not to look to this technology with hopes that it will be the next band aid for education. Installing computers, software, networking hardware, telephone lines and cabling in our schools will not change the way our children think unless we use these tools in new ways which take advantage of the possibilities the new tools have to offer. It is more likely that these new technologies will be used in ways which just mimic the old media and therefore not gain us any new insights into creating better learning environments.”
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: Learning with the World Wide Web: Connectivity Alone Will Not Save Education
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PAPER/037/html/paper.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney