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  There is no going back. The traditional classroom has been transformed. The Internet is perhaps the most transformative technology in history, reshaping business, media, entertainment, and society in astonishing ways. But for all its power, it is just now being tapped to transform education. The good news is that the Internet is bringing us closer than we ever thought possible to make learning—of all kinds, at all levels, any time, any place, any pace—a practical reality for every man, woman, and child. The bad news? Millions
still cannot access the Internet and do not understand how to use it to
harness the global web of knowledge. They do not know how to
deal in information, the basic currency of the knowledge economy. They
do not know how to These individuals, already at risk, will become increasingly marginal in the emerging knowledge economy—unless we change current law, current regulations, and current practices. The World Wide Web is a tool that empowers society to school the illiterate, bring job training to the unskilled, open a universe of wondrous images and knowledge to all students, and enrich the understanding of the lifelong learner. The opportunity is at hand. The power and the promise are here. It is now time to move from promise to practice. Source: http://www.hpcnet.org/upload/wbec/reports/section1.pdf
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