Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Learning requires engagement; students must think about the new material. Without that, the outcomes don't matter.

Is data backed up regularly and reliably? How do you know?

I recall reacting with some indignation when my classmates and I asked “how do you spell that?” and my teachers responded “look it up in the dictionary.” We were right.

Digital dictionaries, that allow us to speak words to see spellings, listen to pronunciations, and even practice pronunciations are a vast improvement over paper dictionaries for those who want to be more efficient in learning the words and make them more accurate communicators.

When yur answer is simple, you do not understand the problem.

Root causes . They say ask "why?" fives time and that is the real cause of the problem. The recipe probably doesn't work in all cases, but it does get to the idea that problems are deeper than we admit.

"Eschew Obfuscation" is still the greatest bumper sticker I ever saw.

“But where is everybody?”
I’m thinking Enrico Fremi was talking about everyone else, but he may have included us too.

“Logic takes you from A to B. Imagination takes you anywhere.” -Albert Einstein

One should not appraise human action on the basis of its ability. -Jakob Bernoulli

He was talking about measured performance.

On the one hand they insist on data to support their decisions (and they concoct data to support them), but on the ether hand they reject evidence that contradicts their practice.

“The primary purpose of the internet had changed from supporting a knowledge economy to growing an attention economy.”
― Douglas Rushkoff

When politicians tell teachers, doctors, farmers how to do their work, we all suffer.

Much that one “knows” about school is a misconception.

Inert knowledge can be understood as knowledge that is meaningful only within the classroom.

When learning is assumed to be the transfer of information, we approach students minds as passive, and passive minds do not learn.

While standardization can ease the work of technology management, it may prevent students from being able to do what they need to do.

"Social media is biased, not to the Left or the Right, but downward”
― Jaron Lanier

Teaching x "so students learn to think" is a myth.

Learning comprises many different types of abilities and actions. Our teaching and assessment should reflect that reality.