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Howie DiBlasi, I.T. DirectorHowie DiBlasi, I.T. Director

Durango School District 9-RDurango School District 9-R

Durango ColoradoDurango Colorado

C.A.S.B. – 2006C.A.S.B. – 2006

(Colorado Association of School Boards)(Colorado Association of School Boards)

Thanks to the following for Thanks to the following for content, data and statistics:content, data and statistics:

KKarl Fischarl Fisch –for the original Did You Know – Arapahoe High School –for the original Did You Know – Arapahoe High School

David WarlickDavid WarlickThomas FriedmanThomas Friedman

Alan NovemberAlan NovemberIan JukesIan Jukes

Ray KurzweilRay Kurzweil Angus King Angus King

Milken Conference Milken Conference Dan Schmidt Dan SchmidtHowie DiBlasiHowie DiBlasi

Did You Know . . .

American teenagers today are American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive utilizing the interactive

capabilities of the Internet as capabilities of the Internet as they create and share their own they create and share their own

media creations.media creations.

Fully half of all teens and 57% Fully half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the Internet of teens who use the Internet could be considered “content could be considered “content

creators.”creators.”

They have created a blog, wiki They have created a blog, wiki or webpage, posted original or webpage, posted original

artwork, photography, stories or artwork, photography, stories or videos online.videos online.

8 out of 10 people do not know 8 out of 10 people do not know what a blog is.what a blog is.

Do you?Do you?

There are over 70 million There are over 70 million blogs and counting.blogs and counting.

The blogosphere is over The blogosphere is over 60 60 times biggertimes bigger than it was than it was

3 years ago.3 years ago.

China has 17 million blogs China has 17 million blogs * *

35% of all internet users in 35% of all internet users in China have a blog.China have a blog.

* * The Blog Herald-2006The Blog Herald-2006

9 out of 10 people do not know 9 out of 10 people do not know what a wiki is.what a wiki is.

Do you?Do you?

9 out of 10 do not know what a 9 out of 10 do not know what a podcast is.podcast is.

Do you?Do you?

6 million American adults have 6 million American adults have listened to podcasts.listened to podcasts.

There are 100,000 podcasts There are 100,000 podcasts and subscribers are growing and subscribers are growing

@ 20 % per month.@ 20 % per month.

What the average teen is doing What the average teen is doing outside of school on an average day: outside of school on an average day:

6.5 hours with media outside of school6.5 hours with media outside of school33% of on the Internet33% of on the Internet26% on TV26% on TV21% telephone21% telephone15% radio15% radio

YouTube serves 100 million YouTube serves 100 million videos per day. videos per day.

It served 2.5 billion videos to It served 2.5 billion videos to nearly 20 million unique visitors in nearly 20 million unique visitors in June of 2006.June of 2006.

Do you know what YouTube is? Do you know what YouTube is?

Sometimes size does matter.

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

There are 1,300 people just like you.

In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.

The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s . . .

Is greater than the total population of North America.

In India, it’s the top 28%.

Translation for teachers:They have more honors kids

than we have kids.

Did you know . . .

China will soon become the number one English speaking

country in the world.

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

China . . .

China would still have a labor surplus.

During the course of this 8 minute presentation . . .

• 60 babies will be born in the U.S.

• 244 babies will be born in China.

• 351 babies will be born in India.

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

will have 10-14 jobs . . .

By the age of 38.

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

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

have been employed by for less than one year.

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

have worked for less than five years.

According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .

The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.

We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet

exist . . .

Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .

In order to solve problems we don’t even know are

problems yet.

Did you know . . .

The U.S. is 20th in the world in broadband Internet penetration.(Luxembourg just passed us.)

In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more than $140 million in

research and development.

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

Research and Innovation.

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

Online users tune into TVOnline users tune into TV

1 in 10 online consumers are 1 in 10 online consumers are watching TV shows on a computerwatching TV shows on a computer

2006 DVD Storage = 4.7gb 2006 DVD Storage = 4.7gb

(67 CD’s)(67 CD’s)

2008 DVD Storage = 800 gb 2008 DVD Storage = 800 gb

(10,720 CD’s)(10,720 CD’s)

2010 DVD Storage = 20,941 CD’S2010 DVD Storage = 20,941 CD’S

"In 2010 the volume of accessible "In 2010 the volume of accessible online data is expected to approach a online data is expected to approach a Yottabyte…Yottabyte… or 1 trillion terabytes.” or 1 trillion terabytes.”

((yotta- septillions yotta- septillions 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)

**IBM Unveils Storage Capacity on Demand for Growing e-businesses BIBM Unveils Storage Capacity on Demand for Growing e-businesses Business Wireusiness Wire, October 27, 2000, October 27, 2000

There are over 100 million registered users of MySpace.

(August 2006)

The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a day.

We are living in exponential times.

There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google

each month.

To whom were these questions addressed B.G.?(Before Google)

The number of text messages sent and received every day

exceeds the population of the planet.

More than 3,000 new books are published … daily.

It’s estimated that a week’s worth of New York Times . . .

Contains more information than a person was likely to come

across in a lifetime in the 18th century.

It’s estimated that 1.5 exabytes (that’s 1.5 x 1018) of unique new information will be generated

worldwide this year.

That’s estimated to be more than in the previous 5,000 years.

The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2

years.

That means for a student starting a four-year technical or

college degree . . .

Half of what they learn in their first year of study will be

outdated by their third year of study.

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

Third generation fiber optics has recently been separately tested

by NEC and Alcatel . . .

That pushes 10 trillion bits per second down one strand of fiber.

That’s 150 million simultaneous phone calls every second.

It’s currently tripling about every 6 months and is expected to do so for at least the next 20 years.

47 million laptops were shipped worldwide last year.

The $100 laptop project is expecting to ship between 50

and 100 million laptops a year to children in underdeveloped

countries.

Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will be built that

exceeds the computation capability of the human

brain.

Alan November….Alan November….“We need to emphasize the “We need to emphasize the

necessity of students learning necessity of students learning with others around the world and with others around the world and stress that 3 skills are needed to stress that 3 skills are needed to

teach our children.”teach our children.”

1.1. ““We need to teach our We need to teach our students to deal with massive students to deal with massive

amounts of information.amounts of information.””

2. “We need to teach our 2. “We need to teach our students global communication, students global communication,

starting with Kindergarten.starting with Kindergarten.””

3. “We need to teach our 3. “We need to teach our students to be self-directed and students to be self-directed and

understand how to organize understand how to organize more and more of their own more and more of their own

learning.learning.””

““We can’t avoid learning We can’t avoid learning these tools. We can’t walk these tools. We can’t walk

away from this.”away from this.”--Alan NovemberAlan November

But…I have a question…But…I have a question…

Do our students know how to Do our students know how to deal with the massive amounts of deal with the massive amounts of

information?information?

Have we changed our teaching Have we changed our teaching methods to reflect new methods to reflect new

technology?technology?

Do our students know how to Do our students know how to communicate globally?communicate globally?

Do our students understand how Do our students understand how to be self-directed to be self-directed and how to and how to organize their own learningorganize their own learning??

““Young People Urgently Need Young People Urgently Need New Skills to Succeed in the New Skills to Succeed in the

Global Economy”Global Economy”

Headline in the news Nov. 6. 2006Headline in the news Nov. 6. 2006

““The fact is, our young people The fact is, our young people are woefully under-prepared are woefully under-prepared for the demands of today’s for the demands of today’s

workplace,” workplace,”

said Ken Kay, President of the Partnership for said Ken Kay, President of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills21st Century Skills

What does it all mean?

Shift Happens.

Now you know . . .

Credit and thanks to:Credit and thanks to:The Fischbowl The Fischbowl A staff development blog for A staff development blog for Arapahoe High SchoolArapahoe High School teachers exploring constructivism and 21st century teachers exploring constructivism and 21st century learning skills….Klearning skills….Karl Fischarl Fisch Additional slides, statistics and quotes Additional slides, statistics and quotes provided by…. Howie DiBlasiprovided by…. Howie DiBlasi

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