The 5% of the population in China

of the UK

7%

They have more gifted & talented students, than we have students

UK

It is estimated that

According to former USAccording to former USSecretary of EducationSecretary of EducationRichard Riley…Richard Riley…

Great Britain…in 1900

In the UK,In the UK,98%98% of 12 year-olds want of 12 year-olds want

““to do well at schoolto do well at school””

And yet, only

And yet, only 38% 38%

look forward to going to

look forward to going to

school.school.

According to BBC News, According to BBC News, a new blog is created a new blog is created every secondevery second..

1,400,000 UK pupils have 1,400,000 UK pupils have their their own web page.own web page.

It is estimated that aweek’s worth of The Times…

For students starting a For students starting a three-year university degree, three-year university degree,

this means that . . .this means that . . .

half of what they learn in their first half of what they learn in their first

year of study will be outdated year of study will be outdated by the end of their studies.by the end of their studies.

fibre

7 out of 10 7 out of 10 teenagers have a teenagers have a

handheld games machinehandheld games machine

9 out of 10 9 out of 10 teenagers have a teenagers have a home computerhome computer, a , a mobile phone mobile phone and a and a games consolegames console

84%84% of young people play of young people play computer games at least once a computer games at least once a

fortnightfortnight

72%72% of teachers of teachers nevernever play play computer gamescomputer games

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Credits

•Karl Fisch, of Arapahoe High School in the US, conceived and created the first version of this presentation for a staff development day. And published it on the web…

• http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com•Scott McLeod modified it, to make it more relevant to a wider context. And published it on the web…•Jeff Brenman, of Apollo Ideas, applied the creative design. And published it on the web…

• http://www.apolloideas.com•Ray Fleming, of Microsoft, modified it to reflect a UK context. And published it on the web…

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