Educators who wonder how their instruction is essential to California’s future should take a look at a report just issued by McKinsey Global Institute entitled: Disruptive technologies: Advances that will transform life, business, and the global economy.
By 2025, the 12 technologies — led by the mobile Internet, the automation of knowledge work, and the Internet of Things — have the potential to deliver economic value of up to $33 trillion a year worldwide, according to the McKinsey researchers. Source: McKinsey Global Institute
Technology advancement continues to drive economic growth and, in some cases, unleash disruptive change. California’s new Information and Communication Technologies Career Technical Education model standards address many of the key technologies identified through this study.
