[研究生入学考试]DIDYOUKNOW.pptVIP

Did You Know . . . AHS has 249 new computersthis fall. 212 of them are from grants. AHS has 33 new LCD projectors this fall. 33 of them from grants. AHS has a wireless network running right now (802.11 a/b/g). District wireless devices have full access to the network (Internet, file servers, and printing). Anybody’s 802.11 a/b/g device has access to the Internet (but not file servers or printers). Did you know . . . Sometimes size does matter. If you’re one in a million in China . . . There are 1,300 people just like you. In India, there are 1,100 people just like you. The 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ’s . . . Is greater than the total population of North America. In India, it’s the top 28%. Translation for teachers:They have more honors kids than we have kids. Did you know . . . China will soon become the number one English speaking country in the world. If you took every single job in the U.S. today and shipped it to China . . . China would still have a labor surplus. During the course of this 8 minute presentation . . . The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs . . . By the age of 38. According to the U.S. Department of Labor . . . 1 out of 4 workers today is working for a company they have been employed by for less than one year. More than 1 out of 2 are working for a company they have worked for for less than five years. According to former Secretary of Education Richard Riley . . . The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t exist in 2004. We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet. Name this country . . . England. In 1900. Did you know . . . The U.S. is 20th in the world in broadband Internet penetration.(Luxembourg just passed us.) In 2002 alone Nintendo invested more than $140 million in research and development. The U.S. Federal Government spent less than