Things we know to be true

Yesterday was the first day of the Google Apps for Education India Summit, which we are hosting at our school.  The day opened with a keynote from Suan Yeo,  the head of Google Enterprise Education in the Asia Pacific region, and with a welcome from Craig Johnson, ASB's Superintendent.  Craig focused on Google's statement about what they believe - he talked about how with a small change of wording or emphasis, this is what we believe as educators too:

• Google says focus on user and all else will follow - educators say focus on the student and all else will follow
• It's best to do one thing really, really well -  in this case Google searches, we teach
• Google says you don't need to be at your desk to need an answer - we say you don't need to be in the classroom to learn - this is the education of the 21st century
• Google says you can make money without being evil - we say we are teaching people how to do this every single day through being part of the most noble profession on the planet
• Google says the need for information crosses borders - we say the need for information crosses disciplines - what we learn in maths is not only useful in maths - we have an interdisciplinary existence
• Google says great just isn't good enough.  We say good is the enemy of great - as educators we know we can ne ver be good enough.  Our kids deserve the best and even better.