By providing free, unlimited access, we’ll learn first-hand the value of allowing educators and students to tap the vast resources of AOL and the Internet without regard to the constraints of budget allocations or socio-economic status that have played a role in limiting participation.
Predictor: Case, Steve
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article in T.H.E. Journal, Steve Case is quoted. The article says: ”America Online’s newest strategic initiative is designed to accelerate linkage of U.S. public schools to the educational opportunities offered via online services and the Internet. The first phase includes providing unlimited, free access to over 2,000 public schools in California over the next year. ‘By providing free, unlimited access,’ notes Steve Case, president and CEO of AOL, ‘we’ll learn first-hand the value of allowing educators and students to tap the vast resources of AOL and the Internet without regard to the constraints of budget allocations or socio-economic status that have played a role in limiting participation …”
Biography:Steve Case was founder and CEO of America Online, now merged with Time Warner. AOL developed into the country’s largest commercial Internet service provider, reaching a vast Internet community. The proliferation of AOL’s services helped define developing trends in Internet communication. (Entrepreneur/Business Leader.)
Date of prediction: December 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: T.H.E. Journal
Title, headline, chapter name: AOL to Freely Link 2,000 California Schools
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://web19.epnet.com/citation.asp?tb=1&_ug=dbs+0%2C1%2C2%2C3+ln+en%2Dus+sid+E9225FF6%2D31AA%2D4DE1%2D9DA0%2D1A03A9BC9D69%40Sessionmgr6+9695&_us=bs+steve++case+ds+steve++case+dstb+KS+gl+%5Fs%5F0+hd+0+hs+0+or+Date+ri+KAAACB2B00054885+sm+KS+so+b+ss+SO+AA64&fn=371&rn=372
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