nysaflt rochester regional conference think globally, act locally

Rochester Regional CommitteeLucy Ferruzza & Ida Wilder, Co-Chairs

Candace BlackMarie CampanaroBirgit DierDr. William HopkinsBarbara KrugerAnne LutkusKaren Moretti

NYSAFLTRochester Regional Conference

Think Globally, Act Locally

March 8, 2008 - Nazareth College

Not so long ago, Karl Fisch, a teacher

from Arapahoe High School in Colorado,

put together a presentation called

“Shift Happens” to demonstrate how

globalization is changing the face of

education.

Here are some of his thoughts

as well as some of my own...

Did you know?

•Source: http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com

In 1750 there were about 800 million people in the world.


In 1850 there were a billion more, and by 1950, another billion.


Then it took just 50 years to

double to 6 billion.


If you are one in a million in India…


…there are 1,300 people just like you.


What does this mean

for US?


The 25% of the population in

China

with the highest I.Q.’s…


…is greater than the total

population of


North

America.

The average computer programmer in the U.S. makes $70,000.

Now work is being outsourced to India, where English-speaking

programmers earn only $15,000 annually.

This is 25 times what the average Indian earns.

•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005

Today in the United States, there are more cars than ___________.


licensed drivers

The US spends more on _________ than ninety other

countries spend on everything.


trash bags

Last year, consumers purchased about $4 billion

worth of ___________.


ring tones

Amidst this excessive spending, the world still

faces very grave problems.

In 2004, Icaro Doria, a reporter for the Brazilian magazine

“Grande Reportagem”, created a flag campaign entitled “Meet

Your World” designed to illustrate the problems our world faces,

giving new meaning to the colors of the flags used.

•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine “Grande Reportagem”

The European Union

Consumption of oil in Europe

Production of oil in Europe


Angola

People infected with HIV

People infected with Malaria

People with access to medical care


Brazil

People living on less than $10/month

People living on $11-$100/month

People living on $101-$1,000/month

People living on more than $100,000/month•Source: “Meet Your World” by Icaro Doria, a Brazilian reporter for the magazine

“Grande Reportagem”

Burkina Faso

Children who die before the age of 1

Children who die between the age of 1 and 3

Children who make it to adulthood


China

14-year olds who work full-time

14-year olds who study full-time


Colombia

Export of Bananas

Export of coffee

Export of cocaine


Somalia

Women suffering genital mutilation

Women not suffering genital mutilation


United States

Americans in favor of the war in Iraq

Americans against the war in Iraq

Americans who don’t know where Iraq is


Here’s the good news…

Education is major part of the solution to every one of those

problems!

# of internet devices in 1984:

1,000



1,000,000



600,000,000


The number of text messages sent and

received every day exceeds the total population of


the planet.

There are over 300 million registered

users of MySpace (as of

February 3, 2008).

•Source: http://www.wikipedia.org

This number has TRIPLED in just 18

months, averaging 230,000 new

registrations per day

and 30 billion page views per

month.


In addition to the global Myspace.com, there are beta

versions of MySpace in 18 foreign nations including France, Italy, Japan, Russia and Spain as well as MySpace USA in Spanish and MySpace Canada in French!


Predictions are that by 2013, a supercomputer will be built

that exceeds the computational capacity of the human brain.

(But will it ever be able to speak French?)




(But will it ever be able to speak Spanish?)



(But will it ever be able to speak Italian?)



(But will it ever be able to speak German?)



(But will it ever be able to speak Russian?)



(But will it ever be able to speak Chinese?)



(But will it ever be able to speak Japanese?)



(But will it ever be able to speak Latin?)

Computers have “tremendous mathematical abilities,” says Rosalind Picard of MIT, “but when it comes to interacting

with people, they are autistic.”


What one thing does all of this new technology (video-

conferencing, text messaging, emailing)

require?

It all requires languages.

In 2006, there were...

1.1 million college graduates in the U.S.


In 2006, there were...

3.1 million college graduates in India.


How many of those college graduates in India speak English?

100%•Source: A Whole New Mind by Daniel H. Pink, 2005

How many of those college graduates in the U.S. speak a language other than English?

You don’t want to know.

By 2016, ______ will become the

number one ENGLISH-speaking

country in the world.


China

By 1998, nearly ALL pupils in Europe studied at least one foreign language

as part of their education.

About half of the EU's primary school pupils learn a foreign language.

93% of European children learn English.

•Source: http://www.wikipedia.com

The European Commission’s “White Paper on Education and Training”

(1995) emphasized the importance of schoolchildren learning at least TWO foreign languages BEFORE

upper secondary education.


In 2004, a report by the Michel Thomas Language Centre in Britain suggested that speaking a second

language could increase an average worker's salary more than $_____ a

year, or almost $_______ in a lifetime.


6,000300,000

How about US?

According to the Digest of Education Statistics, 5.9 million U.S. students in grades 9 through 12 were enrolled in foreign language courses in 2000.

•Source: The National Center for Education Statistics

That’s only 43.6 % of all 9th-12th grade students.


What are the other 56.4% doing?

Low as it seems, this represents a 38.6% increase over the last 15

years.


We need a new state of mind.

…a New York state of mind.

Whether it feels like it or not…

New York teachers make 118% of the national

average teacher salary.

•Source: National Education Association, 2005

Know who makes the highest?

Connecticut (123%)


If you worked in this state, instead of making 118% of the national average, you’d earn

only 71%.

South Dakota


In which state is the French enrollment the highest in the nation (124,000 students)?


New York!


Where is Latin the most popular?


Texas!(No kidding!)


But NY’s Latin enrollment is

still 2nd in the nation.


How about Spanish?


NY’s Spanish enrollment is 3rd in the nation after

California and Texas.


Which state leads the nation in Russian enrollment?


Da! New York!


Combined with the next highest state (AK), New York represents almost

30% of the total Russian enrollment in the US.


How about Italian?


New York!Not only is NY’s Italian enrollment the highest in the nation (36,000), it is 10

times the next highest state’s enrollment.


Which state ranks #1 in the nation for foreign language

enrollment 7-12?


Good old New York!

54% of 7-12 graders enrolled in a foreign language class

(The national average is 34%.)


So let’s put the teachers to the test…

What do all the dark blue states have in common?

• They have all declared English as their official language!

• Four American states are bilingual (officially or de facto) .

• Can you guess which ones they are? – Hawaii (English & Hawaiian)– Louisiana (English & French)– New Mexico (English &

Spanish)– Maine (English & French)

What in the world do you know?

What is the only flag that may fly above the US flag on an American flagpole?

The United Nations flag.


Where is the only place where a flag flies all day, never goes up or comes down, never flies at half-mast and does not get saluted?

On the moon.


As of 2008, there is only one country in the world where all of the citizens speak only one language. (NO, it is not the U.S.!)Somalia is the only country in the world where all the citizens speak one language, Somali.


• How many languages are spoken in the world? a) 70b) 700c) 1,700d) 2,700

d) There are over 2,700 different languages spoken in the world, with more than 7,000 dialects.


• What is the most difficult language to learn as a 2nd language no matter what your native language is?Basque, which is spoken in north-western Spain and south-western France, is classified as the most difficult because it is not related to any other language in the world.


True or false?

Latin is a classical language (as opposed to a modern one) because it is not the official language of any nation.

False! Latin is the official language in the smallest country in the world, Vatican City.


• Name this country…– The 4th most populous country in the world

(216 million)– 300 ethnic groups speaking 365 different

languages– 400 volcanoes of which 100 are active– Largest archipelago in the world


• Name this country…

– The 3rd most populous country in the world (303 million)

– 337 languages used by the population, of which 176 are indigenous to the area.

Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.

- W. Edwards Deming

Presentation by:Candace R. Black

Eastridge High [email protected]

NYSAFLT Rochester RegionalMarch 2008

nysaflt rochester regional conference think globally, act locally

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