Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Yeah… so the flowers that had bloomed in my yard are now under 16 inches of snow.

Teach so to develop students' ability to use tools and apply concepts to unfamiliar problems. Don't assume they will be able to.

Most organs and systems respond to the environment and in return to their normal state as conditions change. We shiver when cold, but then stop once our body warms. Responses in the brain, however, can be much more permanent; and that is what makes them so useful to learners

Using OER: “enables learner behaviors associated with openness including sharing, collaboration, obtaining agency over the experience or ownership of the ideas and content, feasible self-direction, and the growth of the attitude or culture of openness." -Fred Baker

Yeah... rewriting AI-generated text often takes much longer than just composing it yourself.

Schools have always been political institutions, but recent decades have found them increasingly political. This appears to be grounded in the electoral benefits that can be gained by politicians who promise to “fix education.”

We use gmail. A member of the organization refuses to use the email to avoid interacting with Google. What obligation do we have to accomodate them?

"It is unclear exactly what information is being used by Google and for what purposes it is being used, thus the true costs in terms of privacy cannot be determined."

Heys folks.... if you are publishing OER, please make them in easy to edit formats.

Some days I miss my Palm Pilot..

Actions. They really do speak louder than words. I wonder why leaders seem to have forgotten that.

Schools are social organizations, thus inherently political; changes in how teachers interact with students can be affected by the demands or threats of those who are more powerful.

Some schools lack the structures necessary to change what happens in classrooms; schedules, departments, prescribed curriculum, and other systems are obstacles that are too great.

This year’s “sugar snow” is coming after sugaring is largely ended.

Within group variation is greater than between group variation in most measures of humans.

Cognitively engaged learners try to make sense of the material by comparing it to what they already know and resolving differences.

Not all things folks enjoy in classrooms lead to learning. Not all things they dread do lead to learning.

Human learning has aspects that are cognitive, but it also has social and emotional aspects, and deeper learning requires students connect with the curriculum in all three ways.

While learning is commonly understood as a cognitive process, humans also develop the ability to use our bodies in useful and important ways as well. While some teachers may minimize the importance of such skills, they are a real and important part of human abilities.