The prediction, in brief:

Telepreneurship training could start as early as the third grade to teach the concepts and skills students will doubtless need to be successful. School-based community networks could provide convenient interaction with the local business community as we all look toward what we need to be teaching our students and citizens about the shifting world of work.

Predictor: Odasz, Frank

Prediction, in context:

The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks” by Frank Odasz, the director of Big Sky Telegraph, Western Montana College of the University of Montana. He writes:”Telepreneurship training could start as early as the third grade to teach the concepts and skill students will doubtless need to be successful. School-based community networks could provide convenient interaction with the local business community as we all look toward what we need to be teaching our students and citizens about the shifting world of work.”

Biography:

Frank Odasz was an assistant professor of computing education at the University of Colorado and the director of Big Sky Telegraph, a popular community network of the time. He was widely known as a speaker on community networking and educational technologies. (Technology Developer/Administrator.)

Date of prediction: January 1, 1995

Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)

Title, headline, chapter name: Issues in the Development of Community Cooperative Networks

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 124

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne