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Karl Fisch, a high school administrator at Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado, pulled together a powerpoint with “some interesting ideas” for teachers at his school. (Later, Scott Mcleod, a professor at Univ. of Minnesota, generalized the presentation.)

Here’s the video:

Citations for stats in video (Word)

Overhyped? Perhaps. (I’m not so confident the $1k Dell in 2049 will be quite that powerful…)

Well worth watching, and considering what these observations mean for our society, and our schools.

Related books (highly recommended)

* Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat
* Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

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  1. Brian M., March 9, 2007:

    Absolutly amazing. I am astounded at the statistics in this video. Is there any way to get a copy on CD? You need to sell this!

  2. Joseph Duffey, March 10, 2007:

    I would like to get a copy or at least a print out of this presentation - is that possible?
    thank you,

    Joe Duffey

  3. Alan Rimm-Kaufman, March 11, 2007:

    Karl has the powerpoint on his blog — you can find that file and contact him at

    http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/did-you-know.html

    Cheers!

    Alan

  4. Mitchel Bean, March 16, 2007:

    I saw the presentation at a recent conference (MTSA) in Frankfort, MI. I was told I could get acopy of the powerpoint presentation at this site. However, I can get it to down load. I really wanted to show it to our staff. Please contact me if you think you can help.
    Sincrely,
    Mitchel
    N1EDUCATOR@gmail.com

  5. Mitchel Bean, March 16, 2007:

    My apologies for the spelling errors. I found another site which provided everything I needed.
    Thank You!

  6. Martha Crook, March 21, 2007:

    I saw the presentation at a recent technology get together and would like a copy to share with my staff. I was told I could download it at this site, but it is blocked and I can’t download it. Please help!!!

    Martha Crook
    Administrator
    Park City School District
    Park City, UT

  7. Alan Rimm-Kaufman, March 21, 2007:

    PowerPoint File

    Windows Media Player version

    Scott McLeod’s version (removes school-specific slides)

  8. Brayden, June 26, 2007:

    I am wondering if anyone has the media player version of ShiftHappens rather than the DidYouKnow?

  9. George Roth, November 7, 2007:

    Just wanted to say that I was truly awed watching this video, and encourage you to keep working on the sources to give it the backbone it deserves. Thank you for a great presentation.

    R,
    George

  10. Mike O'Suna, December 11, 2007:

    I forwarded the video site to a colleague of mine and his question to me was “Could you find out the sources to Karl Fisch’s information.” I told him I would try to find out. Could you please give me a biography of your research? Thank you. Mike

  11. Alan Rimm-Kaufman, December 11, 2007:

    Hi Mike — Here’s his blog:
    http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/08/did-you-know.html

    and perhaps you can track him down via

    Arapahoe High School?

    Cheers –

    Alan

  12. robert, hall, January 28, 2008:

    Sir;
    Where did you get your Statics and these ideas for your predictions from and biography of your research?
    Thank you ever so much. There is a saying in my group and that is “I could live my life now but not of the life of the future or of the past and they couldn’t live ours” It could be wrong and It might be right. But the ideas intrigues me

  13. IM, July 16, 2008:

    The presentation is just amazing!

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