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Top Quotes from ISTE 2012

These were contributed by Russell Fiona Dorothy Jenny Julien....

1. Education is one of the most contested areas in public policy, yet currently has the most disengaged stakeholders. Sir Ken Robinson

2. Technology is not tech if it happened before you were born

3. A lot of technology development has been wasted by using it as a tool to improve test scores -@YongZhaoUO

4. This generation is the gaming generation so use lots of visuals and games to get their attention - they DO have a long attention span! www.lorislatestlinks.com

5. Kids learn differently today - Implications for the classroom include lots of socialization/talking & movement - 10 mins instruction:2mins movement/talk - www.lorislatestlinks.com

6. 21st C technology has provided opportunities for authentic learning contexts that has turned students into the leaders of today, not tomorrow – children can make a real difference – Willie Smits/ Christopher Gauthier – DeforestACTION - http://dfa.tigweb.org/

7. There are too many adults who think kids know everything about the Internet AND too many kids who think they know everything about the internet (DJB)

8. "Digital savvy is not pedagogy" Michael Fullan (fmg)

9. " To cultivate creative, entrepreneurial talent requires a paradigm shift from employee-oriented education to entrepreneur-oriented education, from prescribing children’s education to supporting their learning, and from reducing human diversity to a few employable skills, to enhancing individual talents" World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students, Dr. Yong Zhao (fmg)

10. "Everyone needs a curriculum based on their passion" @marcprensky (fmg)

11. "Creativity & innovation with the power of choice as a motivation, the only requirement is to share" @stumpteacher (fmg)

12. Excellent schools with special features are not what we need because regular ordinary schools cannot attain to their performance. We need to be able to systematically share what ordinary schools can do when excellence occurs. Michael Fullan

13. Our kids have digital limbs they must not be amputated when kids arrive at school

14. If you can't find the place where an aspect of curriculum fits maybe its irrelevant