For Our Children's Sake, Take Full Advantage of Technology

The functions of scholarship are not limited to the production and validation of new knowledge and new theoretical perspectives. As scholars we also have a responsibility to articulate the social and cultural changes that new developments make possible, or even conceivable. These are not predictions, they are options; and we must argue for them on the basis of value choices as well as factual determinations and theoretical interpretation [J. L. Lemke, “Education, Cyberspace, and Change,” The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture 1 (1), March 22, 1993].