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Digital nation : toward an inclusive information society / Anthony G. Wilhelm.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 161 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0262232383 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/33 22
LOC classification:
  • HM851 .W55 2004
Contents:
1. Digital Nation at a Crossroads. 2. "Everybody Should Know the Basics, Like How to Use a Computer" ; Drinking from a Firehose ; Desert Island Wish List ; Walking to Timbuktu. 3. A Faustian Bargain for the Digital Age ; A Faustian Bargain ; Selling Bits instead of Atoms ; Stemming the Health Care Crisis ; Unclogging the Autobahn ; From the Crystal Palace to Silicon Valley. 4. The New Frontier of Civil Rights ; An Up-to-Date Education for All ; Voting Made Easy ... for Some ; E-Government: Build It and They Will Come. 5. A Digital Nation in Black and White ; From Black and White to Technicolor ; Digital Nation Retrenchment ; Building Bridges and Connecting the Dots. 6. Flattening the Virtual Landscape in Education ; The Challenges of Raising Performance ; Cross-Country Comparisons: Finland, Germany, and the United States ; The Finnish Model ; Policy Implications. 7. Wire-less Youth: Rejuvenating the Net ; The Future Is Here, and It's for Sale ; A Generation, Divided ; Youths as Producers and Savvy Consumers ; Millennials Go Global ; What's My Age in Web Years?
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks HM851 .W55 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000747476

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-157) and index.

1. Digital Nation at a Crossroads. 2. "Everybody Should Know the Basics, Like How to Use a Computer" ; Drinking from a Firehose ; Desert Island Wish List ; Walking to Timbuktu. 3. A Faustian Bargain for the Digital Age ; A Faustian Bargain ; Selling Bits instead of Atoms ; Stemming the Health Care Crisis ; Unclogging the Autobahn ; From the Crystal Palace to Silicon Valley. 4. The New Frontier of Civil Rights ; An Up-to-Date Education for All ; Voting Made Easy ... for Some ; E-Government: Build It and They Will Come. 5. A Digital Nation in Black and White ; From Black and White to Technicolor ; Digital Nation Retrenchment ; Building Bridges and Connecting the Dots. 6. Flattening the Virtual Landscape in Education ; The Challenges of Raising Performance ; Cross-Country Comparisons: Finland, Germany, and the United States ; The Finnish Model ; Policy Implications. 7. Wire-less Youth: Rejuvenating the Net ; The Future Is Here, and It's for Sale ; A Generation, Divided ; Youths as Producers and Savvy Consumers ; Millennials Go Global ; What's My Age in Web Years?

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