Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“I am endlessly bothered by preventable problems.” Aren't we all!

I wonder what would happen if we nurtured curiosity in all students and recognized they are all teachable (or maybe competent learners rather than teachable)?

I've had very interesting conversations recently with folks who prepare students for very specific work settings. They introduce some of the culture of those settings to their classes, much to the horror of academic professionals.

Real-time problem-solving (e.g. with time constraints and changing circumstances) should be designed into learning settings too.

“Designers who are easily distracted by perceived design flaws.” Yeah, that’s a thing.

Knowing how it is supposed to work and knowing how it fails are very different forms of knowledge, and one may not lead to the other.

Troubleshooting is a very important problem solving skill that is too often ignored in education.

If students don't see your concepts as better than theirs, they won't integrate them into their thinking.

I've always thought teachers who have experience working in the field are less likely to teach "about" it, while they share lots of stories about it.

Paraphrasing Jean Lave: Commodities are created to provide value to others.

Once #education becomes a commodity, such as “to get a good job,” it is no longer about #learning.

I love in the USA. I listen to a radio show that hosts a lawyer to answer callers’ legal questions once per month. They are often asked silly questions based on wacky interpretations of our Constitution. They often respond with “stop with that nonsense.” They are much more diplomatic than I would have.

Does anyone else never answer surveys on YouTube?

I've always thought teachers who have experience working in the field are less likely to teach "about" it, while they share lots of stories about it.

When it finally can’t not be done, you will start. But you will be late to the movement.

Acronyms create barriers to meaning.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

If #students never decide their own curriculum and projects, they have had a deficient #education.

Rather than simplifying the problems in the curriculum (some say “sterilize” them), support the learner with tools, ideas, coaching.

I suggest students are much more competent applying academic skills outside of school than inside school.

“Working workshops” should be a thing.

Most important ideas, concepts, skills cannot be taught as “self-contained entities.”