Teachers must be persuaded that networking is relevant and can be incorporated into their methodology as well as their curriculum. Emerging Internet technologies are uniquely suited to support educational reform efforts because they foster collaborative learning in an environment which mitigates cost constraints imposed by time and distance.
Any plan for implementing technology in schools must consider staff development. Training is often the most neglected aspect of a technology plan, and a lack of training can lead to failure of the plan.
There is much money to be made in this new technology-based future; however, the Internet should not be developed for money, it should be used to enhance the quality of life for all people in the pursuit of world peace.
By the year 2015 over three billion people (half the world population) will be connected to the Internet. They will using high-definition television and digital video disks connected to high-speed networks. Also, multimedia publishing will become the largest business of the Internet in the next 15 to 25 years – it will be a $60 billion business in the U.S. alone.
A PC-like device will be in every home if it provides digitized voice, video and data through the Internet.
The current IP address will be replaced by a cellular phone-like world of accessibility; packets will give way to programs; PC’s will become network machines; and the digital signal processing revolution will be eased out by the concept of network inlets.
I don’t see the Internet helping the U.S. economy. I think there’ll be a necessity for bit police since bits is bits and bits are free … As we’ve seen with physical goods most of everything we consume is manufactured offshore. With Internet, the bits go offshore, whether you’re writing software or whether you’re answering phones. This is the equivalent of offshore manufacturing for knowledge workers.
Cable can deliver Ethernet to a large number of users over existing cable. This scheme isn’t fully symmetric but it can support more than ISDN even as a back channel … Telcos have a variety of options to carry anywhere from 1.5 to 8 Mbps in either symmetrical or asymmetric configurations over existing copper wiring to the home.
We’re really defining the Cyberspace. It’s not something that’s going to come from Washington, it’s not something that’s coming from a vision by the president of Bell Atlantic no matter how many times he’s on the cover of Fortune Magazine … Internet 3.0 is the dial tone, it’s scalable and symmetric at 25 megabits to everyone’s plug. Bits are fungible – datacom, images, real audio, 2D and 3D video. The question is how do you get there.
The network is uniform and ubiquitous. It links to and is compatible with mobile networks. The many kinds of networks need to become one – distributed and point-to-point Local-Area Networks, private and public Wide-Area Networks, proprietary terminal and cluster interconnects and protocols, and Plain Old Telephone Service, including the telephony switching fabric. If this isn’t enough, then the cable networks using broadband, broadcast technology would also adopt ATM and inter-operate with the phone and data networks. However, let me not predicate the network on having to carry switched television, although in principle it could and may.