http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/ Engadget Comments for Bill Gates expects the web to be the best single source of education within 5 years http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 4:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Amazing how Engadget has to sneak in that snark toward pen-based convertible tablet PCs. What they don't realize is that they're highly popular in the university, business, medical, and other markets.

I believe it though. The internet is already the largest repository of human knowledge ever. The important thing becomes learning to tell the truth from fiction(checking sources), since everyone on the net can create content.]]>Aug 9th 2010 5:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Not that you need a choir, but "Amen". ]]>Aug 9th 2010 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Engadget watch your grammar!;)

Not "but lest you think" but lets you think! First sentence.And we are talking about education here lol]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Just pointing out that he needed to narrow his target market. Sure, not every consumer needs a pen-based input device, but pen-based input devices are far from dead in the industries I've listed.

This prediction is less difficult to see. It's pretty obvious that the Internet will eventually lead to this prediction. It's not some bold new idea, but an extension of what's happening now.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
No. It's lest you think. As in, "I'll prove that I can write, lest you think I'm an idiot."

Google it.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/"The Internet? We are not interested in it"
- Bill Gates, 1993

Hahaha.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Would that be this;

So according the Bill Gates previous prediction that tablet PCs with stylus would be the next wave, they are only performing well in high end business solutions and not every day consumer use. So thusly, his prediction will only come true to people wanting to make it into high-end business and all the stupid people who choose not to learn on the internet, most likely will not learn and school, and therefore kill each other in a gang shootout.]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
I wouldn't be interested in the internet in 1993 either.]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/https://www.msu.edu/~karjalae/internet96.htm]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Expect Apple to also have been the ones successful at it. You can predict the future all you want, but if you don't have the desirable products for said future, then you have no reason to complain.]]>Aug 9th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 10th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/ ]]>Aug 9th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 5:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Bandwidth and information are two different things.

If anything people really spend less then 1/4 of there time on porn.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/@Ethan

I think when Gates says source of education will be the Internet, he means to compare the infrastructure of the schools with the Internet. Internet education doesn't necessarily mean textual reads or pre-recorded videos. Internet education could easily incorporate LIVE video conferencing sessions with professors. LIVE exams on video. It could be almost as good as regular classroom sessions. I can see that. Now, whether I personally would like that over the traditional approach..no. But I can easily see it happening. ]]>Aug 9th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Nothing can beat the interaction between the teacher and a student.
Gates just seems to be baiting the next generation for his own f****g ends.
]]>Aug 9th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
Do you really gain that much more from face to face interaction than a video conference? And isn't even a simple phone call sufficient for most interaction?

The internet is the largest library and communication tool that has ever existed, it is essentially free and democratic, and the only people I can see being fearful of this change are unionized teachers that realize that the efficiency of this tool can allow far fewer teachers, located anywhere in the world, to do a better job. Job security = out the window.]]>Aug 9th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
An engadget commenter >_>]]>Aug 9th 2010 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 5:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/And when did you unlearn it?]]>Aug 9th 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
And how about not again charging $100+ for a "new" revision every other year that amounts to nothing more than a reorganization of the old book so that new sales can increase.

Without the concern over on-campus housing and with digital copies of books and online lectures, there is no reason that any motivated individual couldn't get a real quality education for pennies on the dollar, and it would eliminate geographic concerns.

Hands-on labs and testing facilities will still be needed, but it would still help immensely. ]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
There is increasing discussion about the impending popping of the "educational bubble" (like the mortgage and credit bubbles more recently). The price of education has gone up and up, far outpacing inflation. Kids out of med or law school are graduating with mortgage-sized debts. That sort of thing is not sustainable. Already, there's a movement away from the traditional 4-year institution to community colleges and lesser, but more practical, degrees and certifications (instead of a "liberal arts" degree with which you can't get a job much better than you could've out of high school).]]>Aug 9th 2010 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Well I'm guessing from your nick that you're not a hot chick.
-> professors will ignore you.]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
On top of that my lecturers have always been willing to talk to any number of people to help them understand be it directly after the lecture or by visiting them at their office.]]>Aug 9th 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Sadly yes...and it sucked so badly (the process and not my project).]]>Aug 9th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/
The best place to get the information I need is via the subscriptions my University has to digital versions of medical, pharmacy and scientific journals online.

On top of that I regularly find my self having to visit the university library to try and get copies of textbooks which are essential to make certain subjects that much easier to understand.]]>Aug 9th 2010 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/


It already is, I'm learning so much about the human body :)]]>Aug 9th 2010 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/09/bill-gates-expects-the-web-to-be-the-best-single-source-of-educa/Aug 9th 2010 6:19AM