Did you know

Did you know...Did you know...

You want Statistics?You want Statistics?

SometimesSometimes size does matter.size does matter.

If you’re If you’re one in a million in in China...China...

...there are ...there are 1,300 people people just like you.just like you.

In India, there are In India, there are 1,100 peoplepeople

just like you.just like you.

The The 25% of the of thepopulation in Chinapopulation in China

with the with the highest IQ’s......

...is greater than the ...is greater than the total population of North of North

America.America.

...In India,...In India,it’s the top it’s the top 28%.28%.

Did you know...Did you know...

In 10 years it is predicted that In 10 years it is predicted that the number one English the number one English

speaking country in the world speaking country in the world will be . . .will be . . .

China.

If you took If you took every single job in job in the U.S. today and shipped it to the U.S. today and shipped it to

China China ......

...China would ...China would still have a have a labor surplus.labor surplus.

During the course of During the course of thisthis

presentation...presentation...

60 babies will be born in babies will be born in the U.S.the U.S.

244 babies will be born in babies will be born in China.China.

351 babies will be born in babies will be born in India.India.

What will the world be like for them??

2006 college graduates

• U. S. – 1.3 million• India – 3.1 million• China – 3.3 million

How many 2006 college graduates in India speak English?

100%

The U.S. Department of Labor The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learnerestimates that today’s learner

{that’s {that’s YOU}}will have will have 10-14 jobs... jobs...

...By the age of 38....By the age of 38.

According to the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Labor . . .Department of Labor . . .

......1 out of 4 workers today is workers today is working for a company they working for a company they

have beenhave beenemployed byemployed by

for less than one year..

More than More than 1 out of 2 are are working for a company they working for a company they

have worked forhave worked forfor for less than five years. years.

According to former Secretary According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .of Education Richard Riley . . .

...The top 10 in-demand ...The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010jobs in 2010

didn’t exist in 2004.didn’t exist in 2004.

Many of today’s college majors didn’t exist 10 years ago.

> New media> Organic agriculture> e-business> Nanotechnology> Homeland security

What will they study 10 years from now??

We teachers are currently We teachers are currently preparing students for jobspreparing students for jobs

that don’t yet existthat don’t yet exist...

...that use technologies...that use technologies

thatthat haven’t been haven’t been inventedinvented...

...in order to solve problems ...in order to solve problems

we don’t even know are we don’t even know are problems yetproblems yet.

Did you know...Did you know...

The U.S. is The U.S. is 20th in the world in in the world in broadband Internet capabilities.broadband Internet capabilities.

((Luxembourg just passed us.))

Number of internet devices in 1984:

1000

Number of internet devices in 1992:

1,000,000

Number of internet devices in 2006:

wait for it …

600,000,000

In 2002 alone Nintendo In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more thaninvested more than

$140 millionin research and development.in research and development.

The U.S. Federal Government The U.S. Federal Government spent spent less than half as much on as much on

Research and Innovation in Research and Innovation in Education.Education.

1 out of every 8 couples couples married in the U.S. last year married in the U.S. last year

met met online..

More than 50% of US 21-year-olds have

created content on the web.

More than 70% of US 4-year-olds have used

a computer.

There are over There are over 100 million registered users of MySpace.registered users of MySpace.

((August 2006))

The average MySpace page The average MySpace page is visitedis visited

30 times a day..

Revenue for eBay in 2006:

• $6 billion• Ebay was founded in 1996.

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We are living in We are living in exponentialexponential times.times.

There are over There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google searches performed on Google

each month.each month.2,700,000,0002,700,000,000

To whom were these To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?questions addressed B.G.?

(Before Google)(Before Google)

The first commercial text message was sent

in December 1992.

The number of text messages The number of text messages sent today... sent today...

exceeds the population of exceeds the population of the planet.the planet.

Did you know...

There are currently about There are currently about 540,000 words words

in the English language...in the English language...

...about ...about 5 times as many as as many as during Shakespeare’s time.during Shakespeare’s time.

More than 3,000 new books More than 3,000 new books were published . . .were published . . .

TodayToday.

It’s estimated thatIt’s estimated thata week’s worth

of New York Times...of New York Times...

...contains ...contains moremore informationinformation than a person was likely to than a person was likely to come across in a come across in a lifetimelifetime in in

the 18the 18thth century. century.

It’s estimated that 40 exabytes It’s estimated that 40 exabytes ((that’s 4.0 x 1019) of unique new ) of unique new information will be generated information will be generated

worldwideworldwide

this year.this year.

...That’s estimated to be ...That’s estimated to be more than in the previous more than in the previous

5,000 years. years.

The amount of new technical The amount of new technical information is information is doubling every

2 years..

It’s predicted to double It’s predicted to double every 72 hours by 2010.by 2010.

Third generation fiber optics Third generation fiber optics has recently been separately has recently been separately tested by NEC and Alcatel . . .tested by NEC and Alcatel . . .

...that pushes...that pushes10 trillion10 trillion bitsbits

per secondper seconddown one strand of fiber.down one strand of fiber.

That’s That’s 1,900 CDs or or150 million simultaneous phone simultaneous phone

callscalls

every secondevery second.

It’s currently It’s currently tripling about about every 6 months and is and is

expected to do so for at least expected to do so for at least the next 20 years.the next 20 years.

The fiber is already there, they’re The fiber is already there, they’re just improving the switches on the just improving the switches on the

ends...ends...

Which means the marginal cost of Which means the marginal cost of these improvements is effectively these improvements is effectively

$0.

Nearly 2 billion children live in developing

countries

• One in three never completes 5th grade

The $100 laptop project is The $100 laptop project is expecting to ship betweenexpecting to ship between

50 and and 100 millionlaptops a year to these children.laptops a year to these children.

Kids who have never held a textbook will

now hold the world in their hands and be

connected. . . to you.

Predictions are that by 2013 a Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will be builtsupercomputer will be built

thatthat exceeds the computation exceeds the computation capability of the Human Braincapability of the Human Brain...

...By 2023, a ...By 2023, a $1,000 computer computer could exceed the computation could exceed the computation

capability of the Human Brain...capability of the Human Brain...

And while technical predictions And while technical predictions further out than about 15 years further out than about 15 years

are hard to do . . .are hard to do . . .

...Predictions are that by 2049 a ...Predictions are that by 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilitiesthe computational capabilities

of the human race.of the human race.

What does it all What does it all mean?mean?

Shift Happens.Shift Happens.

What does it mean to you?

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking

we used when we created them.”

Albert Einstein

Now Now youyou know... know...

so what are you so what are you going to do?going to do?

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