Humor on eTeaching & Top 10 edTech quotes...


HappSad The 7 Stages of eCourses

Submitted by Michael Larkin on Feb 13, 2014

Chagrin:  “Ugh, I have to learn another LMS?”

Procrastination:  “Develop my class first, worry about this later.  Wow, my bathroom sink really needs to be cleaned.”

Overwhelmedness:  “OMG!  bCourses is ridiculously detailed and difficult to navigate!  And all that great material I’ve carefully built into bSpace over the years…LOST!”

Anger:  “bCourses is trying to dictate the way I teach and how I structure my course!  My glorious pedagogy!  Out out, damned Modules!”

Resignation:  “All right, all right.  Let me learn how to work this damn thing.”

Accommodation:  “Deep breaths.  Rome wasn’t built in a day.  You don’t have to include everything.  Strip it down, build it up.

Acceptance:   “Oh, I can do that?  And that?  Cool!  And so much easier than bSpace!  My students are having no problem with it, and I can do this…and this…and that! I think I may really like this!”

- See more at: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/blog/7-stages-bcourses


Top 10 edTech quotes:

  • “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is most important.” – Bill Gates
  • “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” – John Dewey
  • “Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” – Chinese Proverb
  • “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” – Mark Twain
  • “We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” – David Warlick
  • “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” – Alvin Toffler
  • “The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.” – Herbert Spencer
  • “Tech gives the quietest student a voice.” – Jerry Blumengarten
  • “Technology will never replace great teachers, but in the hands of great teachers, it’s transformational.” – George Couros
  • “Education is the most powerful weapon that we can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela 
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