2. “ [They] are living in the most intensely stimulating period in the history of the earth… …beseiged with information and calls for attention from every platform: computers, iPhones, advertising hoardings, 100’s of TV channels… and we penalise students for getting distracted! From what? Boring stuff. At school for the most part. It may not be a coincidence totally that ADHD has risen in parallel with standardised testing”. SIR KEN ROBINSON
3. Our genes have co-evolved with our inventions… As fast as we remake our tools, we remake ourselves. We are co-evolving with our technology, and so we have become deeply dependent on it. If all technology – every last knife and spear – were to be removed from this planet, our species would not last more than a few months. We are now symbiotic with technology. Kevin Kelly
4. A few -isms Instructivism Constructivism Connectivism
10. As we ask people to do more complicated, creative and sophisticated tasks, a management-model based on compliance is no use. What you want is engagement and a self-directed, or autonomous workforce is much better at this . DAN PINK We need a more sustainable engagement economy – an economy that works by motivating and rewarding participants with intrinsic rewards… Positive emotions are the ultimate reward for participation. JANE MCGONIGAL
23. One way or another, if human evolution is to go on, we shall have to learn to enjoy life more thoroughly. MIHÁLY CSÍKSZENTMIHÁLYI The opposite of play isn’t work. It’s depression BRIAN SUTTON-SMITH
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