The document summarizes exponential growth compared to linear growth, discusses how technology has exponentially increased over time in accordance with Moore's law, and provides examples of criticisms of new technologies and methods by educators throughout history who failed to recognize the benefits of change.

3. “With 30 linear steps you get to 30.
With 30 steps exponentially,
you get to one billion.”
“With 30 linear steps you get to 30.
With 30 steps exponentially….
you get to one billion.”
Ray Kurzweil

5. Moore’s Law
‐ doubling every 18 months ‐
Year 1979 1984 2010
RAM 8KB 128KB 2GB
Hard Drive 128KB 400KB 350GB
CPU 2MHz 10Mhz 2.5GHz
Cost $5000 $3900 $500
1024KB 1MB
1024MB 1GB

6. 2022
Moore’s Law 18 months 12 months
RAM 208TB >3000TB
Hard Drive 40TB >250000TB
CPU 1.2THz >550000TB
Cost $1.37 <$0.03
1024GB 1TB

12. Death of Distance

16. Change

17. From a Principal’s publication in 1815:
“Students today depend on paper too much. They don’t know
how to write on a slate without getting chalk dust all over
themselves. What will they do when they run out of paper?”

18. From the National Teachers Association in 1905:
“Students today depend too much on ink. They don’t know how
to use a pen knife to sharpen a pencil. Pen and ink will never
replace the pencil.”

19. From Rural American Teacher 1928:
“Students today depend upon store bought ink. They don’t know
how to make their own. When they run out of ink they will be
unable to write until their next trip to the settlement. This is a sad
commentary on modern education.”

20. From PTA Gazette 1941:
“Students today depend on those expensive fountain pens.
We parents must not allow them to wallow in such luxury
and to the detriment of their learning.”

21. From Federal Teachers 1950:
“Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of education in our country.
Students use these devices then throw them away. The values
of thrift and frugality are being discarded.”

23. • Increasing the standards for riding a dead horse
• Comparing how we’re riding now with how we rode
20 years ago
• Complaining about the state of horses these days
• Buying a stronger whip
• Riding the horse for longer periods of time
• Saying things like, “This is the way we’ve always
ridden the horse.”
• Arranging to visit other sites where they ride dead
horses more efficiently

28. Rethink

31. 50%
15%
Attendance Rate
Failure Rate

33. 80%
2%
Attendance Rate
Failure Rate

37. “What if school wasn’t
preparation for real life….
What if school was real life?”
Chris Lehmann

41. “By 2019, 50% of high school
classes will be taken online.”
Christianson & Horn

43. $550 Million

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