When Are We Going To Do Something?

Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod do an excellent job putting the world in a community perspective. Our interconnectivity is fundamental to understanding what we as the human race are shooting for... and what we are up against. It is not good enough to settle for the mediocrity that pervades our educational system... and even our society. We need to take back control of our lives and our world. We need to do it for our future and for those generations waiting in the wings.

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There are updated versions of this video available, but the 2006 version still creates an eerie sensation when watching it. As we come closer to the time when the predictions of the video indicate, it is a little disheartening to see how little has been done to keep up with what our generation is demanding from us. As educators, we need to be in the forefront of the fight for enlightenment, and every time we settle for less (such as Sustained Silent Reading in the classroom), we are letting down so many minds seeking for knowledge that will be turned into wisdom.

By 2010, according to the video, new information that did not exist was supposed to double every 10 hours! We are supposed to have twice the amount of information that had been on planet Earth less than half a day before.



By 2013, a computer should have the capability to exceed the capacity and ability of the human brain. We cannot even fathom much of how the brain works... or use more than 12 percent of it, but now a brain machine will exist that does more than its biochemical counterpart ever could.

This video is a call to action for teachers everywhere. We have an awesome responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. We need to embrace our gifts and abilities to help our charges prepare for a brighter future.