1. Mathilda Marie Joubert Education Consultant Swan Christian Education Association

2.  What are your aspirations for your child in life?  How can education help your child achieve that?

4. It is estimated that a week’s worth of The Times…

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9. By 2013 it is predicted to double every 72 hours

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15. The only certainty the future holds is uncertainty The only thing we can predictably prepare young people for is coping with unpredictability.

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19.  The world is changing  Education is changing  We need to change with it

20. “Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.”

21.  If you don’t know what you’re aiming for, you may get somewhere, but not necessarily where you want to.  A well-designed education is built on a clear vision of what it is trying to achieve.  This doesn‘t happen by accident; it has to be purposefully planned for.

22.  What knowledge, skills, attitudes and attributes will help your child to thrive in this fast-changing world?  How can we work together to provide the best education for your child?  … Let’s keep talking

23.  “When I watch children playing video games at home or in the arcades, I am impressed with the energy and enthusiasm they devote to the task.... Why can’t we get the same devotion to school lessons as people naturally apply to the things that interest them?” (Donald Norman)

24.  "We may be looking at the end of Education, but it might well be the dawn of Learning.” Stephen Heppell

25.  The world is changing  Education needs to change too  Technology can be a great enabler of learning

26. If we don’t create change, change will create us