Document Type
Issue Area Five
Abstract
In the book Power Shift, Alvin Toffler stated, "Those who can access information and use it to their advantage will succeed in the 21st Century ... those who cannot will be condemned to a permanent underclass" (cited in O'Conner & Kempster, 1993). If Toffler is correct, we need to ensure everyone has full access to the Internet and additional telecommunications of the future. To underscore Toffler's statement, O'Conner and Kempster (1993) suggested:
The challenge of teaching and learning in the next century will be to know how to seek out information, how to ask the relevant questions, how to use this information to express new ideas, and how to find the resources available to each user. It is essential that our schools join with all other aspects of society in increasing their productivity through appropriate applications of technology. The most disadvantaged in the 21st Century will be those whose access to interactive information systems is limited or nonexistent.
The point is clear: We need to be teaching our children and adults now about accessing and using available technology, namely the Internet.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
3
First Page
111
Last Page
114
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1995 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hill, James H.
(2025)
"Access for Schools: The Challenge for Success,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
3, Article 36.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss3/36
