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Mar 7

“We need to look at learning as the product of educational self-organization. It’s not about making learning happen; it’s about letting it happen.” – Sugata Mitra, UK

We were thrilled to interview Sugata Mitra here at Daily Edventures last year. After all, he’s not only a leading thinker in education, he’s also one of the elite few mentioned by our interviewees as one of their major influences. … Continue reading →

Ondrej Homola
Feb 5

“Today, young people are much more exposed to enormous amounts of information. Critical thinking is the skill that will help them comprehend information properly in mutual references and use it an innovative, creative way.” – Ondrej Homola, Czech Republic

Marci Powell
Dec 23

“Teachers are seeing more student engagement, which is increasing student performance. They’re also equipping students better for the workplace environment, because they’re learning applied skills for a knowledge economy.” – Marci Powell, USA

Ray Ravaglia
Dec 17

“These days it is easy to be published, and most things published don’t seem to have ever been edited or reviewed by anybody with an eye towards ‘what is this actually doing?’” – Raymond Ravaglia, USA

Kecia Ray
Dec 15

“Anywhere the student is can be a classroom, and that’s an amazing accomplishment! The world really is our classroom and with access it can become multi-dimensional.” – Dr. Kecia Ray, USA

Kim Jones
Dec 14

“Education is the next big thing that’s being disrupted by technology. Textbooks will be a thing of the past.” – Kim Jones, USA

Drew Davidson
Dec 4

“Don’t forget about art. Shouldn’t it be STEAM (Science, Technology, engineering, ART and Math)?” – Drew Davidson, USA

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Dec 1

“Gifted kids, second language learners, children with special needs, and average kids can make great advances in academics, self-esteem, and confidence with a steady diet of music and the arts, because it involves so many different learning modalities.” – Jon Schwartz, USA

David Dockterman
Nov 21

“Don’t be blinded by the science. Technology and innovation are not ends in themselves. It’s not what the devices can do; it’s what they can make happen. Keep your eye on the learning goals.” – David Dockterman, USA

Nov 18

“We need to reform how lessons are delivered. Technology is a tool for integration, but without a change in the design of learning and daily lessons, nothing will change.” – Krissy Venosdale, USA

Nov 14

“We have a great opportunity to use digital technologies and the Internet in creative and innovative ways to engage and entertain language students.” – Kieran Donaghy, Spain

Nov 11

“I think that other people can make important changes in their own lives and their students’ lives if they permit themselves to make some errors while they try to make the real revolution that education needs.” – Luciana Sylvestri, Argentina

Oct 20

“More learning is happening outside of our institutions. Students are increasingly able to find the best possible way of learning on their own.” – Dr. Keith Hampson, Canada

Oct 17

“We live in a global, knowledge-based society where creativity determines the survival and prosperity of nations as well as individuals in order to march towards prosperity.” – Ruwankumari Weeramuni, Sri Lanka

Oct 10

“Characters tell stories, and kids love stories. If you have characters that are platform agnostic and kids fall in love with the characters, they’re going to listen to the story.” – Terry Thoren, USA

Oct 6

“I see more teachers trying to connect with others from all over the world. Knocking down the walls of the classroom can be a very powerful thing to do. Connecting students with the world can only help them in the long run.” – Nick Provenzano, USA

Sep 16

“Practical advice for teachers: always plan and realize your classes in a team, in cooperation with other teachers.” – Snežana Marković,Serbia

Aug 1

“Stop asking questions you know the answers to and open the door to communication and collaboration.” – Norway

Jul 25

“The individualization of the construction of the educational process enables us to inspire, motivate and encourage, and also to improve the quality of gifted and talented teaching and learning processes in school.” – Russia

Jun 28

“Tweet! Retweet! Share! Open the doors of your classroom and let your students learn from their international peers.” – Croatia