Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

What do you mean when you say a student "learned" the material? #teaching #edchat #education

Personal incredulity is not evidence. Just saying. #science #evidence #research #education

It is puzzling that we are concerned with principles of #leaning when designing #curriculum for #students but not for #teachers #edchat

Especially in #education #leadership is the process of building capacity. Capacity is necessarily flexible, adaptable, dynamic.

Meaningful #learning requires renegotiation of what leaner "knows," otherwise previous misconceptions return. #teaching #edchat #education

We are learning how brains work. Dewey & Vygotsky were right. Can we please start making sensible #education decisions?

Valid conclusions come only when data collection and instruments are open to analysis. #evidence #research #education #testing #edreform

Ever notice the simplest #technology solution is the best? I hate it when I forget that. #edtechchat

Designers of #technology #systems attend to tasks, individuals' needs, social context. All three are relevant to successful design.

When we reduce human cognition to that which can be easily measured, we loose what is most important. #edchat #data #testing

Motivation & consciousness are relevant to understanding activity esp. in #education #learning #technology

Invention is the mother of necessity. #technology #innovation

Designing IT for schools? Make it usable and useful, otherwise don't bother. #edtech #technology #schools

Just because you can measure it does not make it meaningful. #testing #edreform #data #education

What if we designed #schools to promote success rather than avoid failure?

How do we separate fact, from informed opinion, from speculation?

"Stuff just happens, and rarely on schedule." Yup gotta agree with Rushkoff on this one. #planning

How did #politics over #science work out in USSR? It won't end for us any better.
#Lysenko #genetics #biology

"That which grows under moderate pressure becomes stronger." D'Arcy Thompson observed this of living systems. Applies to brains also. #edchat

One must respect the consultant who says "you are public school teachers, so you know about that than I."