Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Curriculum and classroom must help students understand *their* world. Not our world, their world.

When you get a group of knowledgeable people together to define curriculum, they inevitably produce a list of topics. Unfortunately, "lists of topics" has not interested students ever.

Much of education “is yattering away at the cultural artifact without ever giving it a chance to speak.” -Carl Bereiter #education #teaching #curriculum

Convenience is the enemy of performance. #leadership #teaching

If you think you are pretty good at what you do, find a bigger and smarter and more challenging audience. See what you can learn.

Don’t be a CAVE dweller... Constantly Against Virtually Everything; but don’t be a blind follower of virtually everything either.

“Why would any kid want to be in your classroom?” is the question posed by the 47-year veteran #teacher.

“If kids are in the room, I need to be on top of my game,” concluded the #teacher who has been “in the game” for 47 years. #education #school

Do we want #education that is grounded in what we know? Do we want education that teaches how to create knowledge?

In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists. - Eric Hoffer #education #School

So, how much that happens in #classrooms is preparing #students for unemployment?

Does basic knowledge have to be mastered before students can venture into knowledge innovations themselves? No.

Acknowledging bias is not a substitute for doing something to address it.

A blog post on the audio deep-dive on type of learning:
https://buff.ly/4hpuZ4g

A post on cryptography intended for my network security students, but here for everyone:
https://buff.ly/4hBZfsb

A blog post on what computers can do with AI-generated audio: https://buff.ly/40YRM10
If you are interested in the book, I recently found a box of books with some in it. Find me on my web site, and we can make a deal.

Just because one prefers "it," does not mean it is better.

“The teacher’s role was to transmit knowledge and the learners’ responsibility was to accept and learn everything the teacher taught” Please notice this sentence is in the past tense. #education #TeacherMyth #teacherlife #teachertips #teachertips #TeacherLearning #profdev

#Lysenko demonstrates what happens when #politicians think they understand #science
https://buff.ly/42CGMaP

“many people still regard the teaching process as relatively structured and based almost entirely on the presumed omniscience of the educator’s planning and on what teachers decide is good for students” I don't think this is true any more.