Introduction TODAY WE’RE STANDING AT THE JUNCTION OF THREE POWERFUL AND RAPIDLY EVOLVING TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES: DIGITAL COMPUTERS, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT.
THE KNOWLEDGE REVOLUTION HAS TRANSFORMED OUR JOBS, OUR HOMES,OUR SCHOOLS, AND OUR LIVES LIKE THE SCHOOL REFORM MOVEMENT DID OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
TO KEEP PACE WITH A GLOBALIZED TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE, WE MUST RETHINK HOW WE EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OR AMERICA . . . . . . .
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN THE YEAR 2007, 94% OF THE WORLD'S TECHNOLOGICALLY STORED INFORMATION WAS DIGITAL (UP FROM A MERE 3% IN 1993).
THE YEAR 2002 IS ASSUMED TO BE THE YEAR WHEN HUMAN KIND WAS ABLE TO STORE MORE INFORMATION IN DIGITAL, THAN IN ANALOG FORMAT (THE "BEGINNING OF THE DIGITAL AGE").