Our goal in education should be to foster the ability to use the computer in everything you do, even if you don't have a specific piece of software for the job.

I am convinced that the best learning takes place when the learner takes charge.

Working with the computer gives rise to many opportunities to transcend asocial behavior, because it produces exciting and visually interesting things to share, whether it's by creating video games, computer art or sharing exciting Web sites.

Educators who have said, "We don't like that, so we'll continue to teach as if it's not happening," are just aggravating the gap between what happens in schools and what happens in the real world. Because of their personalities, or for cultural reasons, some kids might better express themselves through moving images and sound.

Now more people are doing work that requires individual decision-making and problem-solving, and we need an educational system that will help develop those skills.

Daddy always asks me and I never know what to say”.

The reason most kids don't like school is not that the work is too hard, but that it is utterly boring.