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WELCOME TO THE MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

WELCOME TO THE MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Staff Orientation 2007-2008 September 4, 2007. Did You Know . . . . 53 Million American Adults ( 44% ) of Internet users used the Internet to publish, respond, post photos, share files and content.

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WELCOME TO THE MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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  1. WELCOMETO THE MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  2. MIDDLETOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS Staff Orientation 2007-2008 September 4, 2007

  3. Did You Know . . .

  4. 53 Million American Adults ( 44% ) of Internet users used the Internet to publish, respond, post photos, share files and content

  5. American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive capabilities of the Internet as they create and share their own media creations….

  6. Fully half of all teens and 57% of teens who use the Internet could be considered Content Creators

  7. They have created a blog, wiki or webpage, posted original artwork, photography, stories or videos online

  8. 8 out of 10 people do not know what a Blog isDo you ?

  9. There are over 70 million blogs and counting1, 000,000 (million ) posts each day on the blogs The blogosphere is over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago.

  10. China has 17 million blogs * • 35% of all internet users in China have a BLOG….. • * The Blog Herald-2006

  11. 9 out of 10 people do not know what a Wiki isDo you?

  12. 9 out of 10 do not know what a Podcast isDo you?

  13. 6 million American adults have listened to podcasts There are 100,000 podcasts and subscribers are growing @ 20 % per month

  14. What the average teen is doing outside of school on an average day:

  15. 6.5 hours with media outside of school33% of on the Internet 26% on TV 21% telephone 15% radio

  16. 81 % of students have e-mail accounts75% of students have IM – (Instant messenger accounts)97% of students believe technology use is very important in education( Netday survey, 2005)

  17. The fastest growing age group for using the Internet is…. 2 – 5 year olds ( NetDay News , 2005)

  18. YouTube serves 100 million videos per day. ……served 2.5 billion videos to nearly 20 million unique visitors in June of 2006.Do you know what YouTube is?

  19. Did you know . . .

  20. Sometimes size does matter.

  21. If you’re one in a million in China . . .

  22. There are 1,300 people just like you.

  23. In India, there are 1,100 people just like you.

  24. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s . . .

  25. Is greater than the total population of North America.

  26. In India, it’s the top 28%.

  27. Translation for teachers:They have more honors kids than we have kids.

  28. Did you know . . .

  29. China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world.

  30. If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China . . .

  31. China would still have a labor surplus.

  32. China Mobile is the world’s largest cellular company….They have over 301 million customers….

  33. Translation…..China has more cell phones than the U.S. has people*……*Business Week 2-5-2007

  34. Your CPA has outsourced doing your taxes to India to accounting graduates that work for $100 a month…

  35. Message to Americans…”Mama don’t let your kids grow up to be accountants”.

  36. During the course of this 8 minute presentation . . .

  37. 60 babies will be born in the U.S. • 244 babies will be born in China. • 351 babies will be born in India.

  38. Did you know . . .

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

  40. Where are all the workers?Factory workers in Ho Chi Minh City make $62 a month

  41. A teacher in Beijing, China makes $454 a month

  42. A nurse in Beijing, China makes $260 a month

  43. 41 % of companies around the world are having trouble hiring the people they need

  44. Help Wanted:Where the labor shortage is highest*Mexico: 82%Japan: 61%U.S. 41%Canada: 36%Europe: 31%China: 19%India: 9%*Business Week-April, 2007

  45. Slowdown-What slowdown?U.S companies make more and more of their investments overseas.

  46. Steven R. Appleton: CEO of Micron:“I don’t have to hire one more person in the U.S….I don’t have to invest one more dollar here-and we will be just fine”*Quoted to Michelle Thompson in a April interview on the Global Economy-5-2007

  47. According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . .

  48. The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.

  49. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . .

  50. Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . .

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