Individual schools are not autonomous: they are part of a school district, a local community, and a state education system. If internetworking is to support educational reform, the infrastructure must encompass the entire school district and community.
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:”Individual schools are not autonomous: they are part of a school district, a local community, and a state education system. If internetworking is to support educational reform, the infrastructure must encompass the entire school district and community.”
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 104
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Guarino, Jennifer Anne