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