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quotes

 * "I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it." -- Jonathan Winters, comedian


 * Play is the oldest form of education. And any parent that relies on, or any organization that hires from, institutions that don't use play will get people with only brittle, superficial, and transient knowledge at best. -- Clark Aldrich


 * Critical thinking is a set of tools that help you correct errors in your own reasoning and resist being persuaded by errors in others. It has the same status as mathematics, and failing to teach it has similarly devastating consequences. --OLDaily

2014.07


 * To add relevance to the curriculum, simply add the stem "so that . . ." at the end of each posted objective as a way of describing how the skill and content will benefit students. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/9-ways-plan-transformational-lessons-todd-finley - productive struggle


 * irresistibly engaging. technology efficient and easy to use. ubiquitous technology - byod with ground rules. real life problem solving


 * Learning is the free and open-source version of education - It's about individuals connecting to knowledge and pursuing their passions among peers and guides with fewer constraints--time, place, cash, or otherwise. http://learningfreedomandtheweb.org/the-book/learningxfreedom/ * 2011

Interesting quotes - collection to include throughout K-8 Lectric Library Book


 * To enable a kid to learn without a teacher is the best gift a teacher can give a student. [1]
 * “If I were a fairy godmother, my gift to every child would be curiosity.”
 * “The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” ~ Ralph G. Nichols
 * The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. --B. B. King
 * the environment that succeeds supports student autonomy, mastery, and purpose - Daniel Pink's three elements


 * Learning is the free and open-source version of education It's about individuals connecting to knowledge and pursuing their passions among peers and guides with fewer constraints--time, place, cash, or otherwise. --[4]
 * education has been subjected to the tyranny of the Right Answer, even though the most important questions don't have right answers. - Who am I? Why should you believe me? Is this real? What is the most important thing that we should do next? --Edward Mokurai Cherlin
 * You are the same today as you will be in five years except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read.

Learning, motivation, curiosity


 * "The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance." --Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University.
 * Excellence is Caring more than others think is wise; Risking more than others think is safe; Dreaming more than others think is practical. Expecting more than others think is possible. --Winston Churchill
 * "The world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the number of times you get back up." - Aaron Sorkin
 * "It's kind of fun to do the impossible" --Walt Disney
 * Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. --Marget Mead


 * Risk - moving from a comfortable "average" in pursuit of an unknown better. --George Couros
 * Some of our quietest students have the loudest minds. We have to ensure we are providing varied outlets for their voices to be heard.
 * students should have the ability to pick the end-user for their product or process. Good design is based on empathy and addressing someone’s needs. Student choice leads to student engagement. Easy Entry, Sky High, and a Mile Wide
 * "the core principle and requirement of a fulfilled human being is the ability to inquire and create constructively, independently, without external controls." -- Downes quoting Chomsky quoting Humboldt
 * Remember, many SME (and many teachers, for that matter) are not self-learners. Often, you'll have to lead them through the process (on the bright side, their children will pick it up much more quickly. --oldaily
 * "Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away"
 * The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. --Mark Twain
 * The quest for asking elegantly simple questions...the very best journey that our life offers" - Trudy Hall
 * “I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening.” ~ Larry King
 * if we are ever to civilize this world and live in greater peace and harmony, it can only be done by educating every single child to the limit of their capacity. --Edward Lukacs


 * The key ingredients for deep creative learning are real freedom and real responsibility. Freedom allows for exploration and experimentation, while responsibility insures that both will be pursued with rigor. Interest and commitment are the prerequisites for the responsible use of freedom. There is no way that we know of to force people to be interested and committed. That must be a precondition. --Harrison Owen
 * No one wants to be sold; they want to be empowered to buy.
 * Those who cannot claim computers as their own tool for exploring the world never grasp the power of technology ~ via OLDaily
 * Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think ~ Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
 * The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance. --Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University.
 * It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. --frequently attributed to Mark Twain, and often to Will Rogers, Satchel Paige, Artemus Ward, as well as others
 * Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire... William B. Yeats, poet
 * Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient. .. Edmund S. Wilson (1895-1972) U.S. author, literary and social critic.
 * Education: Being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it. .. William Feather

Coding, programming, user interface


 * Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. ??


 * Stay hungry. Stay foolish. --Steve Jobs (1955-2011) quoting Whole Earth Catalog


 * The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance. --Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University.


 * It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. --frequently attributed to Mark Twain, and often to Will Rogers, Satchel Paige, Artemus Ward, as well as others


 * education has been subjected to the tyranny of the Right Answer, even though the most important questions don't have right answers. - Who am I? Why should you believe me? Is this real? What is the most important thing that we should do next? --[[ http://www.wsis-community.org/pg/forum/topic/250615/sugar-labs-project-replacing-textbooks-with-oers/|Edward Mokurai Cherlin] ]


 * You are the same today as you will be in five years except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read. --?