"As a teacher I have been confronted with many students who don’t know how to hold a pencil correctly. This doesn’t just [a]ffect handwriting but how well you can draw. Drawing is pretty important if you want to be a designer or artist. At least it used to be…"

"Many of the students we spoke to are making some use of their own tools to socialise and network in personal and public spaces, and in doing so are actually supporting their learning in that they use these tools to communicate and share information and resources between themselves and their peers, even though they did not necessarily view this themselves as ‘learning’ per se."

"Journalism that people get paid to do—nowadays, so far as I can tell—is about access and betrayal. You try to get access to people, institutions and situations that the public is interested in, that either have some celebrity value, or some intrigue value. You get really close to your subject, and you sell them out."

"performing bricolage in real time over the course of hours, I am ‘feeling’ my brain light up, I and ‘feeling’ like I’m getting smarter. A lot smarter, and in a way that only a human can be smarter"

"Well done everyone. Thankyou for letting me into your lessons - they have been an inspiration - and good luck for the future. Send me an e-mail in June 2009 saying what you are doing."