the introduction slideshow of quotes

1. “Television didn’t transform education.
Neither will the internet. But it will be
another tool for teachers to use in their
effort to reach students in the
classroom. It will also be a means by
which students learn outside of the
classroom.

2. “Television didn’t transform education.
Neither will the internet. But it will be
another tool for teachers to use in their
effort to reach students in the
classroom. It will also be a means by
which students learn outside of the
classroom.

3. “Television didn’t transform education.
Neither will the internet. But it will be
another tool for teachers to use in their
effort to reach students in the
classroom. It will also be a means by
which students learn outside of the
classroom.

4. “Television didn’t transform education.
Neither will the internet. But it will be
another tool for teachers to use in their
effort to reach students in the
classroom. It will also be a means by
which students learn outside of the
classroom.
-”Born Digital; understanding the
first generation of digital natives”

5. “If we teach today
as we taught yesterday,
then we rob our children
of tomorrow”

6. “If we teach today
as we taught yesterday,
then we rob our children
of tomorrow”
-John Dewey

7. “Technology is anything
invented after you were born,
everything else is just stuff"

8. “Technology is anything
invented after you were born,
everything else is just stuff"
-Alan Kay

9. “It is not the biggest, the
brightest or the best that
will survive, but those
who adapt the quickest.”

10. “It is not the biggest, the
brightest or the best that
will survive, but those
who adapt the quickest.”
-Charles Darwin

11. "The illiterate of the 21st
century won't be those who
can't read & write but those
who can't learn unlearn &
relearn"

12. "The illiterate of the 21st
century won't be those who
can't read & write but those
who can't learn unlearn &
relearn"
- Alvin Toffler

13. “Every generation needs
a new revolution”

14. “Every generation needs
a new revolution”
-Thomas Jefferson
(1801)

15. “We want our students
to be the students
we want to teach”

16. “We want our students
to be the students
we want to teach”
-David Warlick

17. “The most important thing that
schools can do is not to use
technology in the curriculum
more, but to use it more
effectively”

18. “The most important thing that
schools can do is not to use
technology in the curriculum
more, but to use it more
effectively”
-”Born Digital; understanding the
first generation of digital natives”

19. "Our current expectations for what our
students should learn in school were
set fifty years ago to meet the needs of
an economy based on manufacturing
and agriculture. We now have an
economy based on knowledge and
technology"

20. "Our current expectations for what our
students should learn in school were
set fifty years ago to meet the needs of
an economy based on manufacturing
and agriculture. We now have an
economy based on knowledge and
technology"
-Bill Gates

21. "Challenging schools to treat
their students as customers
with a choice, instead of
inmates serving time."

22. "Challenging schools to treat
their students as customers
with a choice, instead of
inmates serving time."
-David Warlick

23. “Schools should be places
to learn, not to teach.”

24. “Schools should be places
to learn, not to teach.”
-Don Tapscott
“Grown up digital”

25. “The scandal of education
is that every time you teach
something, you deprive a
child of the pleasure and
benefit of discovery.”

26. “The scandal of education
is that every time you teach
something, you deprive a
child of the pleasure and
benefit of discovery.”
-Seymour Papert

27. "The U.S. cannot maintain its
economic leadership unless our
work force consists of people
who have the knowledge and
skills needed to drive innovation"

28. "The U.S. cannot maintain its
economic leadership unless our
work force consists of people
who have the knowledge and
skills needed to drive innovation"
-Bill Gates

29. “The future is here.
It's just not widely
distributed yet.”

30. “The future is here.
It's just not widely
distributed yet.”
- William Gibson

31. “Laws and institutions must
go hand in hand with the
progress of the human mind”

32. “Laws and institutions must
go hand in hand with the
progress of the human mind”
-Thomas Jefferson

33. “Many of our schools
are good schools
if only this were 1965”

34. “Many of our schools
are good schools
if only this were 1965”
-Louise Stoll and Dean Fink

35. Do not confine your children
to your own learning for they
were born in another time.

36. Do not confine your children
to your own learning for they
were born in another time.
-Hebrew Proverb

37. “Excellent instruction is less
about what a teacher does
and more about what students
can do and know
as a result of the lesson.”

38. “Excellent instruction is less
about what a teacher does
and more about what students
can do and know
as a result of the lesson.”
-Tony Wagner 2007 Keynote
CLG, Harvard University

39. “Many children struggle in schools...
because the way they are being
taught is incompatible with the way
they learn.”

40. “Many children struggle in schools...
because the way they are being
taught is incompatible with the way
they learn.”
-Peter Senge

41. “People whose talents are not
exploited become
disenchanted and disruptive.”

42. “People whose talents are not
exploited become
disenchanted and disruptive.”
-Sir Terrance Conran

43. “School is the path,
not the point”

44. “School is the path,
not the point”
-Will Richardson