From Now On
The Educational Technology Journal

 

The Digital Revolution:
Why and Whither



For its December 2, 1996 issue, Forbes Magazine invited 52 unusual, boundary-breaking thinkers to consider and predict the digital future. This page is an index pointing students toward those essays as an example of the rich commentary now available on the Web.

It is suggested that teachers and students themselves might use this collection and its accompanying STUDY GUIDE as a model for future collections.

I see teachers developing such collections around various themes by "harvesting" the ZINES now available on the Web. I see students compiling personalized readings from the same sources along with e-mail subscriptions and customized news delivery via services such as PointCast..

We must teach our young people to cast their nets widely and skillfully so they may harvest wisdom (or what passes as understanding) from this vast new electronic ocean of information.

The List By Major Category . . .

FLYING FAST ON MEMORIES AND INSTRUMENTS ALONE
History and Politics

FINDING OUR CYBER WAY HOME
Private Life

STUMBLING TOWARD A FINAL THEORY
Science and Technology

AND SPEAK OF THE DEATH OF INSTITUTIONS
Public Life



The List By Author . . .