The power structure’s avoidance of real re-structuring using technology will further impoverish the un-powerful and is increasing the gap between the haves and have-nots.
Predictor: Lyell, Ed
Prediction, in context:In a speech he delivered at the summer training program for New York State Deans of Education at Bank Street College in 1994, Ed Lyell says: ”TodayÕs wealthy child already has access to multi-media computers at home, the Internet and all databases, and a private tutor to guide and direct the learners. Corporations can provide such resources to their employees, and do so at an increasing rate. However, the middle class and the impoverished classes have little or no access to this emerging learning system. Moreover, the power structure’s avoidance of real re-structuring using technology will further impoverish the un-powerful and is increasing the gap between the haves and have-nots.”
Biography:Ed Lyell was an educator and education administrator who foresaw uses for the Internet in schools and became a popular public speaker on the topic. (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: June 11, 1994
Topic of prediction: Controversial Issues
Subtopic: Digital Divide
Name of publication: Technology in Context
Title, headline, chapter name: Creating the Just-in-Time Learning System: Merging High Tech with High Touch
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://faculty.adams.edu/~ehlyell/Articles/BANKSTre.ART.htm
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