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Change. If what we have seen in terms of change to our schools during the last few years is not enough to convince us that we as choral directors will be faced with a tremendous shift in the way we will look at our jobs. ……consider the following. Did you know?.

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  1. Change

  2. If what we have seen in terms of change to our schools during the last few years is not enough to convince us that we as choral directors will be faced with a tremendous shift in the way we will look at our jobs ...

  3. ……consider the following.

  4. Did you know?

  5. If you are one in a million in China, …there are 1,300 people just like you. In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.

  6. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQs… …is greater than the total population of North America. In India, it’s the top 28%.

  7. What does that mean to a teacher? China and India have more honors kids……. ……… than we have kids.

  8. Did you know?

  9. If you took every single job in the US today and shipped them all to China… …..China would still have a labor surplus.

  10. During the next eight minutes…

  11. 60 babies will be born in the U.S. • 244 babies will be born in China • 351 babies will be born in India

  12. The U. S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs... …by the age of 38.

  13. According to the U.S. Department of Labor…… ……1 out of 4 workers today is employed by a company where they have been working for less than a year.

  14. More than 1 out of 2 are working for a company for which they have worked for less than 5 years.

  15. According to former U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard Riley….. …the top 10 in-demand jobs for 2010 did not exist in 2004.

  16. We are currently preparing students for jobs that do not yet exist… …using technologies that have not been invented… …in order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet.

  17. Name this country……

  18. Richest in the world • Largest military • Center of world business and finance • Strongest education system • World center of innovation and invention • Currency the world standard of value • Highest standard of living

  19. England ……..in 1900….. ……just 107 years ago.

  20. Change

  21. Did you know? The U.S. is 20th in the world in broadband Internet penetration. (Luxembourg just passed us).

  22. In one year alone, 2002, Nintendo invested more than $140 million in research and development. The U.S. Federal Government spent less than half as much on research and innovation.

  23. 1 out of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year…. ……..met online.

  24. As of last August, there were 100 million registered users of MySpace.com

  25. The average MySpace page is visited 30 times a day.

  26. Did you know?

  27. We are living in exponential times.

  28. There are 2.7 billion searches performed on Google each month.

  29. To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google)

  30. The number of text messages sent and received every day exceeds the population of the planet.

  31. It’s estimated that a week’s worth of theNew York Times… …contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century.

  32. It’s estimated that 1.5 exabytes (that’s 1.5 x 1018) of unique new information will be generated worldwide this year. That’s estimated to be more than in the previous 5,000 years.

  33. The amount of new technical information is doubling every two years.

  34. That means for a student starting a 4-year technical or college degree… …after only two years of study, half of what they learned could be outdated.

  35. Third generation fiber optics has recently been separately tested by NEC and Alcatel… …that pushes 10 trillion bits per second down one strand of fiber.

  36. That is equal to 1,900 CDs or 150 million simultaneous phone calls every second.

  37. The fiber is already in place. The switches just have to be perfected. This means that the marginal cost for these improvements is minimal.

  38. This technology is currently tripling about every 6 months and is expected to do so for at least the next 20 years.

  39. Predictions are that e-paper will be cheaper than real paper.

  40. 47 million laptops were shipped worldwide last year.

  41. Predictions are that by 2013 a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the capacity of the Human Brain. By 2023, a $1000 computer will exceed the capabilities of the Human Brain.

  42. In 2023, second-grader Abby will be 23 years old and beginning her (first) career… …and while technical predictions farther than about 15 years in the future are hard to make… …predictions are that by 2049, when Abby is 49 years old, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capacity of the human race.

  43. What does it all mean?

  44. Can we assume that music education can continue to function in the same manner as in the last 75 years?

  45. Florida Shift: Music and the Arts

  46. Florida Shift: Music and the Arts

  47. Florida Shift: Music and the Arts

  48. Florida Shift: Music and the Arts

  49. Conclusion? We better figure out ways to start adapting to the new landscape of education reform, as well as enlarging the percentage of students involved in music education.

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