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“He who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well

off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm

supporters in those who might be better off under the new”- Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

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One Laptop Per Child Sued for Patent Infringement

Countries concerned over internet affecting local cultures

Countries want to sensor internet access to protect children

Intel is competing with One Laptop Per Child

Microsoft criticize the program as not doing enough

Counties concerned that there is not enough local content

Countries concerned over sustainability cost

Teachers want to establish strong human supervision

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We're losing the respect that's due to professionals who are trained to provide us

with accurate information in its proper context, and celebrating work produced by

untrained, often anonymous riff-raff.

- Andrew Keen on Web 2.0, The Cult of the Amateur

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Education was socially constructed & contextually reinvented instead of being dictated

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Technology was everywhere (digital universe) instead of being confiscated at the classroom door (digital refugees)

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Knowledge was freely and pervasively distributed instead of being limited and costly

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If you want to influence people's behaviour,

give them something to copy

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"Creativity involves breaking out of

established

patterns in order

to look at things

in a different way."

—Edward de Bono

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“Curiosity is any

natural inquisitive

behavior that

engenders exploration,

investigation and learning.“

— Wikipedia

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Perhaps, then, if we

listen attentively, we shall

hear… a faint flutter of

wings; the gentle

—Albert Camus

Great ideas, it is said, come into the

world as gently as doves.

stirring of life

and hope.

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“Without experimentation,

we might all still be living in

caves and using rocks

as tools."

—Stefan Thomke

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“Access to information and

freedom of access to it may seem like a fundamental right

but there are many

people who think, rightly or wrongly, it is

for your own good that it is hidden."

—Alberto Gonzales

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If your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail

Bernard Baruch

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“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be

those who cannot read & write, but those who cannotlearn, unlearn, and relearn”

—Alvin Toffler

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A structure enabling flexibility and

responsiveness in dealing with all

sorts of situations quickly and

efficiently, particularly in dynamic

environments such as computer developments.

— evan Sycamnias

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The willingness to exert high levels of effort to

reach organizational goals, conditioned by the

effort’s ability to satisfy some individual need.

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"Only he who can see

the invisible can do the impossible.“

--

frank L. Gaines

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"A good innovation

leader creates an

environment where…

sacred traditions can be

challenged and

addressed.“

- Elaine Dundon

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"I start where the last man left off.“

--thomas edison

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People are replacing their

trust in traditional authorities

with trust in each other

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If I had asked the public

what they wanted, they

would have said a

faster horse.--Henry Ford

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"Great minds always stay nimble because they've

learned how to move on. Einstein worked on big problems until he died. The artists we most admire transform themselves and their work from time to time.“

--Marco Marsan, from 'Think Naked'

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“there are only two ways

to live your life. One is as

though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though

everything is a miracle.

-Albert Einstein

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The greatest danger for most of us is not

that our aim is too high and we miss it,

but that it is too low and we reach it.

--Michelangelo

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Every act of creation is first of

all an act of destruction.

--Picasso

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We always overestimate what will change the next 2 years, and underestimate what will change the next 10

Bill Gates

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We don’t know what the future will

hold but it will be

beautiful

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take a left on

street

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Thanks to the People of the Information Highway

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