[Photo by darkmatter] Keeping with Education Futures’ annual tradition, I released five predictions for global education in 2009 early last year. How did I do? Much better than my predictions for 2008! Let’s look: No Child Left Behind won’t get left behind. Contrary to all the data that shows that NCLB is a miserable failure, [...]
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2009 in review: Results from the annual prediction game
Posted by John Moravec in Saturday, January 2nd 2010
Five predictions for 2009 …and more!
Posted by John Moravec in Monday, January 12th 2009
Continuing a tradition that started last year, I am listing my predictions for the big stories that will impact the education world in 2009. My predictions from last year were hit-and-miss, but I did well overall. How will I fare this year? No Child Left Behind won’t get left behind. Contrary to all the data [...]
The exploding digital universe
Posted by John Moravec in Wednesday, March 12th 2008
Topics: Accelerating Change, Technology Tags: digital universe, futures, information, prediction, statistics
IDC has updated their forecast of expansion the digital universe to accommodate bigger and faster growth. Some highlights: The digital universe in 2007 — at 2.25 x 1021 bits (281 exabytes or 281 billion gigabytes) — was 10% bigger than we thought. The resizing comes as a result of faster growth in cameras, digital TV [...]
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