K-12 is an explosive area. There are many examples of schools at all levels encouraging students to use the Internet … There are two countervailing factors, however, that are pressing at this opportunity. One is the growth of the multimedia curriculum exemplified by in class video education that is real time. The other is the fact that over 98 percent of all classrooms have no telephone access. In most if not all cases of education through new electronic media, it is easier to get the satellite dish, the VCR, the television, and the computer, than to get the RJ-11 telephone jack! We will argue in this paper that CATV and wireless will make a dramatic change in this area.
Predictor: McGarty, Terrence P.
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Internet Architectural and Policy Implications for Migration from High-End User to the ‘New User'” by Terrence P. McGarty and Carole Haywood. McGarty is chairman and CEO of The Telemarc Group, Inc. and Haywood is with RAM Mobile Data Inc. They write:”K-12 is an explosive area. There are many examples of schools at all levels encouraging students to use the Internet … There are two countervailing factors, however, that are pressing at this opportunity. One is the growth of the multimedia curriculum exemplified by in class video education that is real time. The other is the fact that over 98 percent of all classrooms have no telephone access. In most if not all cases of education through new electronic media, it is easier to get the satellite dish, the VCR, the television, and the computer, than to get the RJ-11 telephone jack! We will argue in this paper that CATV and wireless will make a dramatic change in this area.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Public Access to the Internet (book)
Title, headline, chapter name: Internet Architectural and Policy Implications for Migration from High-End User to the ‘New User’
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 242
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