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"Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation." (Chapter 2, first sentence, pg. 37)

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"A better approach is to get feedback throughout the year, not just in the form of grades but through conversations." (Couros, Ch. 2, pg. 41)

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"Innovation starts not by providing answers, but by asking questions."
(Couros, Ch. 2, pg. 38)

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"Learning to recognize and create new and better opportunities for our students is what matters. In fact, it's essential." (Couros 35)

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"My hope is that you'll see the challenge as an opportunity to take what you know, find out what you need to know, and try to figure out a new way to teach the material or skill--one that works for that specific student" (Couros 35).

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"By embracing the idea that everyone in the classroom is a teacher and a learner, we can create a community that learns from and teaches one another (Couros, 40-41)."

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"But accepting failure as a final outcome, especially when it comes to our kids, is not something we should ever embrace." (Couros p 38)

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"Why is it that when kids leave school, they have a ton of energy and teachers are tired? Why isn't it the other way around." (Couros 40)

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"Innovation starts not by providing answers but by asking questions." (Couros 38)

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"Having the freedom to fail is important to innovation. But even more important to the process are the traits of resiliency and grit." (Couros 37)

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Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. (William pollard Page 17)

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We need to move beyond the idea that an education is something that is provided for us and toward the idea that an education is something that we create for ourselves. Stephen (Downes 2010) Page 31

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"This (innovation) does not mean replacing everything we do, but we must be willing to look with fresh eyes at what we do and ask, "Is there a better way?'" (Couros 42)

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"Success for our students -and for ourselves- isn't about how much we know, how efficient our systems are, or even the scores our students earn. It is, as Friedman wrote, about 'what you can do with what you know' "(Couros 41).

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"A great teacher adjusts to the learner, not the other way around" (Couros 38).

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"The question that must be asked every day is, "what is best for THIS learner?""

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"We forget that if students leave school less curious than when they started, we have failed them."
(Couros, Intro., pg. 4)

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"If we want people to take risks, they have to know we are there to catch them and support them." (pg 7)

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"Change is inevitable. Growth is optional." John Maxwell

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"Innovate or die. Blockbuster had the opportunity to buy Netflix a few times, but declined. And by the time it attempted to start its own DVD-by-mail program, the company had lost its place as an industry leader (Couros, 16)."

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I believe education's why is to develop learners and leaders who will create a better present and future.

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I believe education's why is to develop learners and leaders who will create a better present and future.

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“Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow.—William Pollard”

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"Any time teachers think differently about WHO they teach and HOW they teach, they can create better learning opportunities. Questioning what we do and WHY we do it is essential for innovation." ( Chapter 1 p.21) - George Couros

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"In our world today, what is a student more likely going to need to be able to write: an essay or a blog post?" (p.21)

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"What I am saying is that we need to change what school looks like for our students so we can create new, relevant opportunities for them -- for their future and for today."(pg.5 4th paragraph)

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"Different for the sake of different can be a waste of time and may even leave us worse off than where we started"(Couros 26). Chapter 1

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"This is not about a "Top Down" or "Bottom Up" approach as much as it is about "all hands on deck""

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"Sometimes it scares me to think that we have taken the most human profession, teaching, and have reduced it to simply  letters and numbers." (Couros)
Citation: Chapter 1, pp.18

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"Perhaps the amazing things we can do is make growth mandatory- for ourselves as educators, as well as for our students. That is how we can truly serve our children."
Citation: Chapter 1, pp. 27

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"We complain about switching from Microsoft Word to Google Docs, not because it would be worse, but because it is a change."
Citation: Introduction pp.2

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"Technology affords us opportunities we did not have before."
(Couros, 2015, pp. 2-3)