Telephone lines should connect every classroom to the Internet and other electronic services. Students would then gain access to resources few schools can afford; they could then communicate with students and experts around the world. It also will support the teachers – perhaps the only group of professionals in our society expected to do their jobs with no office, no telephone, no privacy.
Predictor: Kerrey, Bob
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 essay for Wired magazine, Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Nebraska, and filmmaker George Lucas (“Star Wars”) discuss the importance of connecting schools and libraries in the new National Information Infrastructure. They write:”Telephone lines should connect every classroom to the Internet and other electronic services. Students would then gain access to resources few schools can afford; they could then communicate with students and experts around the world. It also will support the teachers – perhaps the only group of professionals in our society expected to do their jobs with no office, no telephone, no privacy. Telephone lines in the classrooms would enable teachers to use the telephone and electronic services like other professionals do: to access information and communicate with community members, peers, parents, students, and experts.”
Biography:Bob Kerrey was a U.S. senator who made technology issues part of his political agenda in the 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Access to Education
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.09/access.ed_pr.html
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