| If we could represent the demographics of the world | | | | over 1.3 million college graduates in the US, 3.1 million |
| into a village of 100 people, what would it look like? If | | | | college graduates in India and 3.3 million college |
| we gave that global village access to 161 billion | | | | graduates in China. How many of the college |
| gigabytes of data, what would they do with it? If six | | | | graduates in India speak English? 100% In the next |
| billion gigabytes of data were shared in email in 2006, | | | | ten years it is predicted that China will be the number |
| what would it contain? Most important of all, how is | | | | one English speaking country in the world. The rate |
| this incredible rate of exponential change be reflected | | | | of change and development is increasing at an |
| in the education of children today? Where is the | | | | exponential pace. In ten years there will be courses |
| education really coming from, in schools, at home or | | | | and technology and topics that have not been |
| on-line? A Global Village of 100 People If we could | | | | invented yet. Social and cultural barriers are colliding, |
| reduce the world's population to a village of precisely | | | | collapsing, merging and conflicting as rapidly as the |
| 100 people, with all existing human ratios remaining | | | | access to real time communications, and far faster |
| the same, the demographics would look something | | | | than political procedural doctrine can respond. How will |
| like this: 60 Asian 14 African 12 European 8 Latin | | | | the next generation use computers that are faster |
| American 5 US American and Canadian Out of those | | | | than the human brain, or capable of storing more |
| 100 people: 51 would be male 49 would be female | | | | data than the collective minds of the world |
| The Standards of Living: 5 people (US citizens) would | | | | population? How will the next generation be prepared |
| control 32% or the total wealth 80 would live in | | | | for access to such knowledge in a changing world? |
| substandard housing 24 would not have any | | | | Do these facts interest you? Would you like to see |
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| are unable to read 7 people would have access to | | | | with assistance from Scott McLeod, designed by |
| the Internet 1 would have a college education | | | | XPLANE. Then participate in the global conversation |
| Information Data Explosion in the Global Village 161 | | | | about education at or initiate conversations about the |
| billion gigabytes of digital information was created, | | | | importance education in your own community. |
| captured and replicated worldwide in 2006 More than | | | | _________________ Words of Wisdom "Let us |
| one billion MP3 files were shared over the Internet in | | | | think of education as the means of developing our |
| 2006 Almost 100 billion digital images were captured | | | | greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a |
| and shared using cell phone cameras More than 500 | | | | private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be |
| billion digital images will be captured by 2010 Six billion | | | | translated into benefit for everyone and greater |
| gigabytes of data were emailed from one person to | | | | strength for our nation." - John F. Kennedy "The |
| another in 2006 (excluding spam) The number of | | | | great aim of education is not knowledge but action." - |
| emails grew three times faster than the number of | | | | Herbert Spencer "Next in importance to freedom and |
| people emailing from 1998 to 2006 Source: IDC | | | | justice is popular education, without which neither |
| & EMC Corp / The Expanding Digital Universe: A | | | | freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained." |
| Forecast of Worldwide Information Growth Through | | | | - James A Garfield "The direction in which education |
| 2010 What does this mean to Education? A better | | | | starts a man will determine his future life." - PLATO |
| question should be, "How should this be impacting are | | | | _________________ John Mehrmann is a |
| attention to education for children today?" Did you | | | | freelance author and President of Executive |
| know that 34 babies will be born in the next 8 | | | | Blueprints Inc., an organization devoted to improving |
| seconds, 5 in India, 4 in China and 1 in the US. What | | | | business practices and developing human capital. |
| will the world be like for them? In 2006 there were | | | | |