Más contenido relacionado Similar a Pmsd Opening Day 8 29 And 8 30 (20) Pmsd Opening Day 8 29 And 8 302. Steve Spengler, Director Instructional Technology Secondary Education Phone: 570-839-7121 ext 60325 Email: stevespengler@pmsd.org 4. Few things about myself…. … and I’m not really happy with the Yankee win last night 5. Few things about myself…. … and I’m predicting a Super Bowl re-match against New England… but we are talking about a Philadelphia team here 6. Few things about myself…. My wife and I are first time parents. Kyla is 5 months old and is the single greatest thing to ever happen to me. According to my mother, it’s the first thing that I’ve done right in a long time. 9. … because we LIVE in a different world and TEACH a different student. 11. … the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 do not exist today. 14. … in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet. 15. The U.S. is 20 th in the world in broadband Internet penetration. (Luxembourg recently passed us.) 17. In 2006 alone Nintendo invested more than $190 million in research and development. 18. [2006] The U.S. Federal Government spent less than half as much on Research and Innovation. 19. How about this? 1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online. 20. There are over 60 million registered users of MySpace. There are an additional 21 million visitors per year (2007). 22. There are over 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month. 23. To whom were these questions addressed B.G. ( Before Google )? 24. The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet. 30. … contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18 th century. 31. It’s estimated that 1.5 exabytes (that’s 1.5 x 10 18 ) of unique new information will be generated worldwide this year. 33. The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years. 34. That means for a student starting a four-year technical or college degree . . . 35. … half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study. 38. … that pushes 10 trillion bits per second down one strand of fiber. 43. The $100 laptop project is expecting to ship between 50 and 100 million laptops a year to children in underdeveloped or emerging countries. 44. Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer ($$$) will be built that exceeds the computation capability of the human brain. 45. By 2025, a $1,000 computer will exceed the capabilities of the Human Brain. 48. … predictions are that by 2049 a $1,000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the ENTIRE HUMAN RACE. 50. It means that it is obvious that technology needs to be a tool to help us meet the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s students. 54. A Technology Resource Guide 56 kbps ISDN DSL/ Cable T1 Internet2 Land Speed Record 6 Seconds 168 Hours 74 Hours 25 Hours 6.4 Hours 67. In order to meet the needs of today’s TOTALLY DIVERSE LEARNER… 68. … we have to use innovative ways to REACH today’s student… 69. … allowing us to diversify our teaching and improve our schools. 71. Steve Spengler, Director Instructional Technology Secondary Education Phone: 570-839-7121 ext 60325 Email: stevespengler@pmsd.org