Technology Facts
In 2000, employers attempted to fill 1.6
million jobs for IT workers.
(Bridging the Gap: Information Technology Skills for a
New Millennium, April 10, 2000, Information Technology Association
of America, {itaa.org},)
Demand for workers with Web-related talents
is almost 13 percent of all IT jobs
(Bridging the Gap: Information Technology Skills for a
New Millennium, April 10, 2000, Information Technology Association
of America, {itaa.org},)
More than one third of Massachusetts’
3.2 million workers are ill equipped to meet the demands of
the new economy, which has been described by the U.S. Department
of Labor as being “powered by technology, fueled by information
and driven by knowledge.”
(News From The Boston Foundation, {tbf.org}, May 10, 2001)
“(Today) Employers in high-tech industries
are looking for people with an appetite for learning and an
inner-core sensibility that allows them to find and process
facts faster in sophisticated, more efficient ways.”
(Technology in Education, John Merrow, Ed.D /Harvard Graduate
School of Education, Spring 2001, {edweek.org})
Low-achieving students are less likely
to use machines to enhance reasoning and problem solving and
more likely to use them for drill.
(Techno-Reformers and Classroom Teachers, Larry Cuban,
Education Week, October 9, 1996)
Minority students and those whose native
language is not English use computers in schools less that
their classmates do.
(Techno-Reformers and Classroom Teachers, Larry Cuban,
Education Week, October 9, 1996)
On average, students spend a little under three hours a week
on computers at school.
(Education Week/MDR/Harris Interactive Poll 2001{edweek.com},
by Kathryn M. Doherty and Greg Orlofsky, May 10, 2001)
Hewlett-Packard launched their “Digital Village”
initiative to provide three communities with a total of 15
million dollars worth of equipment, expertise and services.
Intel is building 100 Intel Computer Clubhouses at Boys and
Girls Clubs around the country. AOL is launching 250 “Power
Up” sites around the world and providing YMCAs, YWCAs
and Boys and Girls Clubs with computers, AOL accounts and
an on-line curriculum.
(The Next Generation of Technology Producers, by Magda Escobar,
April 2, 2001 {americaconnects.net})
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