| If we could represent the demographics of
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| | 3.1 million college graduates in India
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| the world into a village of 100 people,
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| | and 3.3 million college graduates in
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| what would it look like? If we gave that
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| | China. How many of the college graduates
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| global village access to 161 billion
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| | in India speak English? 100% In the next
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| gigabytes of data, what would they do
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| | ten years it is predicted that China will
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| with it? If six billion gigabytes of data
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| | be the number one English speaking
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| were shared in email in 2006, what would
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| | country in the world. The rate of change
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| it contain? Most important of all, how is
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| | and development is increasing at an
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| this incredible rate of exponential
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| | exponential pace. In ten years there will
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| change be reflected in the education of
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| | be courses and technology and topics that
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| children today? Where is the education
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| | have not been invented yet. Social and
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| really coming from, in schools, at home
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| | cultural barriers are colliding,
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| or on-line? A Global Village of 100
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| | collapsing, merging and conflicting as
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| People If we could reduce the world's
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| | rapidly as the access to real time
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| population to a village of precisely 100
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| | communications, and far faster than
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| people, with all existing human ratios
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| | political procedural doctrine can
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| remaining the same, the demographics
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| | respond. How will the next generation use
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| would look something like this: 60 Asian
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| | computers that are faster than the human
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| 14 African 12 European 8 Latin American 5
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| | brain, or capable of storing more data
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| US American and Canadian Out of those 100
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| | than the collective minds of the world
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| people: 51 would be male 49 would be
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| | population? How will the next generation
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| female The Standards of Living: 5 people
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| | be prepared for access to such knowledge
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| (US citizens) would control 32% or the
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| | in a changing world? Do these facts
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| total wealth 80 would live in substandard
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| | interest you? Would you like to see even
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| housing 24 would not have any electricity
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| | more amazing facts? Visit to watch the
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| 50 would be malnourished and 1 starving
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| | amazing video presentation developed by
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| 33 would be without access to a safe
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| | Karl Fisch, with assistance from Scott
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| water supply 67 are unable to read 7
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| | McLeod, designed by XPLANE. Then
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| people would have access to the Internet
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| | participate in the global conversation
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| 1 would have a college education
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| | about education at or initiate
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| Information Data Explosion in the Global
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| | conversations about the importance
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| Village 161 billion gigabytes of digital
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| | education in your own community.
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| information was created, captured and
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| | _________________________________________
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| replicated worldwide in 2006 More than
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| | _____________ Words of Wisdom "Let us
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| one billion MP3 files were shared over
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| | think of education as the means of
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| the Internet in 2006 Almost 100 billion
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| | developing our greatest abilities,
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| digital images were captured and shared
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| | because in each of us there is a private
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| using cell phone cameras More than 500
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| | hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be
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| billion digital images will be captured
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| | translated into benefit for everyone and
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| by 2010 Six billion gigabytes of data
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| | greater strength for our nation." - John
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| were emailed from one person to another
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| | F. Kennedy "The great aim of education is
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| in 2006 (excluding spam) The number of
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| | not knowledge but action." - Herbert
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| emails grew three times faster than the
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| | Spencer "Next in importance to freedom
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| number of people emailing from 1998 to
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| | and justice is popular education, without
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| 2006 Source: IDC & EMC Corp / The
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| | which neither freedom nor justice can be
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| Expanding Digital Universe: A Forecast of
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| | permanently maintained." - James A
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| Worldwide Information Growth Through 2010
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| | Garfield "The direction in which
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| What does this mean to Education? A
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| | education starts a man will determine his
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| better question should be, "How should
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| | future life." - PLATO
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| this be impacting are attention to
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| | _________________________________________
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| education for children today?" Did you
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| | _____________ John Mehrmann is a
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| know that 34 babies will be born in the
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| | freelance author and President of
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| next 8 seconds, 5 in India, 4 in China
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| | Executive Blueprints Inc., an
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| and 1 in the US. What will the world be
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| | organization devoted to improving
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| like for them? In 2006 there were over
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| | business practices and developing human
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| 1.3 million college graduates in the US,
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| | capital.
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