Because schoolchildren are located all over the world, they can often monitor many more sites for environmental studies than the professional scientific community could support. Eventually, when large numbers of students and teachers have the appropriate tools and skills and network participation, they will fill an important role in areas such as monitoring atmospheric ozone, ultraviolet light, water and soil pollution, and bioindicators of global, regional and local change.
Predictor: Hunter, Beverly
Prediction, in context:The 1995 book “Public Access to the Internet,” edited by Brian Kahin and James Keller carries the chapter, “Learning and Teaching on the Internet: Contributing to Educational Reform” by Beverly Hunter, an educational strategist in the Educational Technologies Department of the technology firm Bolt, Beranek & Newman. She was previously the program director for Applications of Advanced Technologies in Science Education at the National Science Foundation. She writes:”Because schoolchildren are located all over the world, they can often monitor many more sites for environmental studies than the professional scientific community could support. Eventually, when large numbers of students and teachers have the appropriate tools and skills and network participation, they will fill an important role in areas such as monitoring atmospheric ozone, ultraviolet light, water and soil pollution, and bioindicators of global, regional and local change.”
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: Learning and Teaching on the Internet: Contributing to Educational Reform
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
Page 91
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne