15 Insightful and Powerful Quotes on Edtech

“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 

“Technology will never replace great teachers, but in the hands of great teachers, it’s transformational.” – George Couros

“Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.” – Chinese Proverb

“The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.” – Herbert Spencer 

“If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” – John Dewey

“Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or an event.” – Heidi Hayes Jacobs 

“The object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.” – Robert M. Hutchins  

“Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.” – John W. Gardner 

“The real power of interactive technologies is that they let us learn in ways that aren’t otherwise possible or practical.” – David Lassner 

“Learners in the internet age don’t need more information. They need to know how to efficiently use the massive amount of information available at their fingertips – to determine what’s credible, what’s relevant, and when its useful to reference.” – Anna Sabramowicz 

“Technology can become the ‘wings’ that will allow the educational world to fly farther and faster than ever before—if we will allow it.” – Jenny Arledge 

“The role of technology is to create new opportunities for human potential.” – Eric Schmidt 

“Technology will bring the humanity back to the classroom. It will allow the students to interact with the teacher and with their classmates in a more personalized way.” – Sugata Mitra