Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Note to IT departments: sometimes the blank stare when you are talking to users is your fault.

Hey #educators... you do know you can fade scaffolds right? That rubric you use for the first essay is probably not needed by last.

Start with an example. Something you can see and understand. Then teach the generalities.

I’m thinking a lot about #teachers and #faculty and leaders in #highered and #highschool who have too narrow concepts of what #learning comprises. This may be one of the biggest obstacles to the #schools we need.

Overheard in faculty office: “I’m sorry, I can’t loan you my copy of that book. When I was a graduate student I wrote inappropriate notes in the margins.”

“If I didn’t believe it, I never would have seen it.” This explains way too much #DataDriven #leadership

Yeah... so... if your strategy “makes learning easier,” I’m going to be skeptical... very skeptical... you seem to misunderstand learning.

My observations of #teachers in #k12 and #highered suggests the ratchet effect in #education goes both ways... we are as likely to revert back from improved methods as to ratchet up to improvements.

Routinize planning... does this lead to transformative change?

Had an interesting an conversation with a leader... we concur that “Change or Die” is still timely.

How does one begin to rebuild organization? Bring a new perspective into leadership is a good first start.

Write until you see the connections you knew were there but could not see.

“Human individuals are attuned to the common ground they share with others....” at least that is how we evolved... now... not so much.

Quality in all classrooms begins with relationships. How we build them online differs from how we do it face-to-face.

A dean once told me, “we are going to have the premier program in the country, and [curriculum vendor] is going to help us.” He was seriously misguided.

When cognition evolved, humans became capable of “thinking their way through” unfamiliar situations. I wonder why schools now treat “the standards” as capturing every possible exigency.

Understanding is grounded in knowing how you are wrong.

Even if the mythological learning styles are marginal to your argument, I am skeptical of the whole thing.

Competence is one’s capacity to perform. Competencies are one’s perceptions of their competence. These may not be the same.

“I don’t know, let’s figure it out,” are words frequently spoken by the best leaders and teachers... but it must be sincere. #leadership #teaching #teachingstrategies #edchat #education