The document presents a collection of impactful quotes from various authors discussing the influence of technology on education, work, and society. Key themes include the importance of the right mindset for effective technology use in classrooms, the necessity of adapting teaching methods to engage digital natives, and the critical role of teachers in integrating technology meaningfully into their instruction. Overall, it emphasizes the need for educators to embrace technological tools to enhance student learning experiences.

1. FROM
EDUC 6710:
U N D E R S TA N D I N G T H E I M PA C T O F
T E C H N O L O G Y O N E D U C AT I O N , W O R K , A N D
SOCIETY

2. QUOTES OF INTEREST
The quotes contained within this
slide show represent statements that
impacted my thoughts during this
class. At the top of each page is the
name of the author(s) and the sources
are cited at the bottom of each slide.
--Stacey Newton

3. DR. DAVID THORNBURG
“No matter how powerful the
technology, if the user doesn’t have
the right mindset, nothing changes in
the classroom.”
Laureate Education, Inc. (2012). The emergence of
education. Baltimore, MD: Thornburg.

4. ALAN NOVEMBER
“Blogs are not going
away—we need to teach
our students how this
powerful media works.”
November, A. (2008). Web literacy for educators.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
**Chapter 6: “Expanding the Boundaries:
Blogs, RSS, Podcasts, and Wikis”

5. MINERS AND PASCOPELLA
“You can’t trust everything you see
online.”
Miners, Z., & Pascopella, A. (2007). The new literacies.
District Administration, 43(10), 26–34.

6. BATES AND PHELAN
“Too many workers
cannot meet the basic skill
demands needed to
successfully perform job
duties, learn, and apply
learning to jobs.”
Bates, R., & Phelan, K. (2002). Characteristics of a
globally competitive workforce. Advances in
Developing Human Resources, 4(2), 121.

7. MARC PRENSKY
“The single biggest problem facing
education today is that our Digital
Immigrants instructors, who speak an
outdated language, are struggling to
teach a population that speaks an
entirely new language.”
Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants. On the
Horizon, 9(5).

8. MARC PRENSKY
“Linear thought processes that dominate
educational systems can now actually retard
learning for brains developed through
games and web-surfing processes on the
computer.”
Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants part II: Do
they really think differently? On the Horizon, 9(6).

9. ALAN NOVEMBER
“If we could get past our fear of the
unknown and embrace the very tools we
are blocking…then we could build much
more motivating and rigorous learning
environments.”
November, A. (2007). Banning student “containers.”
Technology & Learning. Retrieved from
http://www.techlearning.com/article/banning-student--
containers-/44387

10. DR. CHRIS DEDE
“The real power of technology is to
engage students in the rest of their
lives…with doing things that relate
to learning.”
Laureate Education, Inc. (2012). Transforming the
classroom with technology: Part 3.
Baltimore, MD: Dede.

11. KEENGWE, ONCHWARI, & WACHIRU
“Technology should not drive instruction.
Rather instruction should drive the
technology tools being used.”
Keengwe, J., Onchwari, G., & Wachira, P. (2008). The use of
computer tools to support meaningful learning. AACE
Journal, 16(1), 77–92.

12. KEENGWE, ONCHWARI, & WACHIRU
“Teachers need to be self-
motivated, interested, and
willing to integrate technology
into their courses.”
Keengwe, J., Onchwari, G., & Wachira, P. (2008). The use of
computer tools to support meaningful learning. AACE Journal,
16(1), 77–92.

13. Technology—it’s in
your hands.
What will you do
with it?