Some thoughts after watching the video:
The world is becoming a bigger place! 25% of India's highest IQs is greater than the population of the U.S.!
Careers are changing! The top 10 jobs in 2010 didn't exist in 2004!
We are social networkers! If MySpace were a country, it would be the 5th largest in the world!
We connect beyond typical face to face! The number of text messages sent and received DAILY exceeds the population of the planet!
Language is evolving! We have over 5x as many words as in Shakespeare's time (and think of words we've lost from his time!)
We have constant information! A week's worth of NY Times is more info than someone in the 18th cent. would read in a lifetime.
Information is changing! 1/2 of what a technical student learns in his first year is outdated by his third!
So what does all of this mean?
It means that change is inevitable, and it is happening! We cannot ignore the world and how it is run and what technology is a part of it. We cannot live in "what used to be" because it is quickly changing to something new. We are a more global community which means we are competing and cooperating on greater levels than ever before. We also need to be able to sift through information, critique it, and locate it, because there is so much of it that there is NO way we can memorize it all! We need to stay in touch with what is current and keep growing. Communication and Information are the new "power" that people are going to seek. We have an opportunity to share information with more people- personal or professional- than ever before.
What does it mean for you?
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Our superintendent has shown this video at his "State of the Schools" presentations. He has also used it to introduce changes that reflect a focus on 21st century skills and programs that have been rolled out in reponse to our changing world.
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