This is still a very powerful video – if you haven’t seen it before it really does make you think differently about how we approach education and how we prepare our students for the future. This is a revamped version created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod.
Shift Happens 3.0
How much of this video is true?
Convoluted Statistics
25% of India’s population 1,147million = 287million < US population 306million
Can you compare these countries so simply?
GDP per capita USA vs India = $46,859 vs $2,762
Can you compare US statistics with UK statistics?
There’s a reason why Bermuda is ranked #1 from broadband penetration and the USA is 19th.
I could go on… but in the word’s of Public Enemy, “Don’t Believe the Hype…”
In terms of the data, it’s probably best to address that kind of question to Karl Fisch – here’s his blog post about the original version of the presentation.
And here’s his wiki all about it.
I do believe there is a UK version out there somewhere too.