ABSTRACT
The quest for broad access to information has a particular cultural resonance in the United States that borders on the mythic. "Access" ties into an admirable American cultural preoccupation with fairness and equal opportunity. The equal access concept resonates with the conventional wisdom that information is the cornerstone of a participatory democracy and a healthy economy. Behrens credits the term computer literacy to Forest Horton editor of a four-volume analysis of information infrastructure for the Information Industry Association. Students should have access to the communication opportunities, as well as the quality educational resources, offered by networked computers. Eddie Dick's statement about media studies is in reaction to efforts to incorporate it into the existing Scottish school curriculum as a discrete area of study. Dr. Hunter calls for a technology infrastructure that is designed for "broad participation, as opposed to simple access". Further, initial access to technology is only the beginning of the problems created by educational technology in the classroom.
