Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Your “steam of consciousness” presentation is likely worse than your prepared talk.

“Lecturing is really just making noise.” Interesting, and maybe not inaccurate, interpretation.

Someone somewhere needs to read this right now: Your rambling reflection in the keynote is not a question... we know it got you thinking.. and your mind is swimming... please avoid grabbing the microphone (real or virtual) to prove you have incomplete (but energizing) thoughts.

What changed your mind about students?

Does anyone else get distracted by the books behind participants in Zoom meetings? I just want to go and browse and chat with ‘em about what is there and why.

Yeah... those “trends in the data” you are touting or bemoaning are probably just regression to the mean.

asks "why were you late," you need to resign. If you are a principal who observers it, you must call the teacher out... yes... in front of students.

Just because you experienced it in school, does not mean every one did... or should... or even that you did it at all. Human memory is that bad.

"But my field is content-rich! I need to cover all of this!" Many teachers adopt a "fill their brains" approach to prepare students for the next year, but this method is no longer tenable. #Education #Teaching

Competition drives both business (fighting for market share) and politics (winners take office, losers return to the citizenry). Should this same competitive metric be applied to our schools?
No.

Business and politics are easily measured through profits and votes, making their results generally objective and unequivocal. Education isn't that simple! #Education #Measurement

EdTech professionals have a vital role in inclusivity. They must recommend, teach, and provide support for the tools that allow teachers to successfully meet accessibility checklists.

It's understandable that faculty might push back or view document accessibility tasks as "busy work," especially when their teaching environments have been upended. However, ensuring accessibility remains a vital part of the job.

A blog post, now with audio, focusing on measurements and education:
https://www.hackscience.education/business-and-politics-are-not-teaching-and-learning/
#schools #education

No institution can truly claim to be an inclusive community dedicated to equity if they are not taking their responsibility to create accessible materials seriously
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No amount of data satisfy those who do not want to be convinced.

If your primary role is to prevent problems from reaching your boss, you are not “part of the team” and your proposals will never get attention.

All generalizations (including those that are contradictory) are always accurate for a minority sub-population.

If every teaching problem can be solved with one tool, you don’t understand it. "it" is either the tool or teaching.

Just because you experienced it in school, does not mean every one did... or should... or even that you did it at all. Human memory is that bad.