From Now On The Educational Technology Journal

Vol 9|No 7|March|2000

Scholarship Because the Internet is funded primarily by advertising, e-commerce, special interests and personal passions, one can rarely find the best thinking of this generation available for free unless the thinking serves the purposes of some Web site or some current trend. When it comes to free resources, there is a preponderance of pop culture, e-commerce and trendy issues. (see "Respecting Heritage and the Classics while Mining the Millennium.") The best minds and the best writers still find printed books the primary medium and the main coinage for intellectual discourse and expression. Or they may charge thousands of dollars - like Esther Dyson - for an electronic subscription to their best thinking. Thinkers and commentators with credentials, experience and a solid basis for publishing still rely primarily upon printed books as information delivery systems. If you are looking for the best current thought on most subjects (even Web design) you will want to check out the offerings of Amazon.Com or your local independent bookstore. Back to When the Book Back to March Contents Credits: The photographs were shot by Jamie McKenzie. Icons from Jay Boersma at (http://www.ECNet.Net/users/gas52r0/Jay/home.html)Copyright Policy: Materials published in From Now On may be duplicated in hard copy format if unchanged in format and content for educational, nonprofit school district and university use only and may also be sent from person to person by e-mail. This copyright statement must be included. All other uses, transmissions and duplications are prohibited unless permission is granted expressly. Showing these pages remotely through frames is not permitted. FNO is applying for formal copyright registration for articles. From Now On Index Page