Dr. Jen Weber☀

Wife | Mother | Assistant Professor of Teacher Education. “It's nice to be important but more important to be nice." All tweets are my own.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

Happy to know I was already following half of these. #education

[rebelEducator @rebelEducator]

Education in America is going to look very different 10 years from now.

In some places, that future is already here - and there are some incredibly talented people building it.

Here are 12 education accounts you should be following 👇

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@McDonalds Get it together. 10 nuggets, a double burger and small fry. 23 minute wait. When I complained she shrugged and said “yeah, sorry.” Likely will go elsewhere. This is dumb.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@SenatorTimScott

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@UncleLonny63 @TimRunsHisMouth I was thinking this was an old video! Now I remember where I’d seen it.

[Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn]

1/3
Shift from asking “How should we measure the performance of students/teachers/schools?” to “How should we ASSESS…?” The first verb locks us into one particular, highly problematic form of assessment: the kind that reduces complex phenomena (e.g., understanding) to numbers.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

I tend to believe that as soon as folks use name-calling in their political dialogue, they lose all credibility. Yes, there’s more to it, but I can’t wrap my head around this.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

Excellent teaching is excellent teaching…every kid deserves excellent teachers. Every kid.

[Foghorn Teacher @TalkingTier1]

If I had a quarter for every time I tried to remove an accommodation from an IEP because it is a basic teaching practice that every S should receive from every T every year, and the case manager replied with, “yeah, but so few teachers actually do it w/ or w/o the IEP” …

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@HerbsandDirt I was in elementary school in the early 80s. One of my classmates’ father was transgender.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

The divisiveness of certain politicians is so disgusting. What would happen if instead you at least made an attempt to work together? #politics #lies

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

Help me understand this, @Walmart . I wait in a line to go to self checkout with a totally full cart. There’s nowhere to put items after I scan. I put them on the floor. The bags rip out…and THEN the lady stops me to go through my cart wearing an “Asset Protection” shirt. 😡

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@KristiNoem Appreciated this positive and non-divisive post.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@MrZachG Activating prior knowledge. Something every single lesson should have in it.

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@0xfraq SCLC or NSCLC?

[Jonathan Alsheimer @mr_Alsheimer]

This ❤️🙌

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@LucinaUddin I always tell my students that I think someone else would be a better option for them. Then I tell them why having me as an option would limit them.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@HKorbey I teach about it in my program.

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

1/ What’s the greatest breakthrough in the science of education over the last century?

Characterizing the mechanics of learning in the brain. Learning is all about the interplay between working memory (WM) and long-term memory (LTM).

If you understand that, then you can actually derive – from first principles – the methods of effective teaching.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

@txsalth2o Great post! It’s popular in my area to do “private parties” (my 9YO’s words) where just a few kids get invited. We did simple, invited everyone, and it was fantastic, well-attended, and amazing for a spirit of inclusivity.

[Dr. Jen Weber☀ @J_Web_]

Couldn’t we just stop them if they don’t answer the question? #DebateNight

[Brendan O'Sullivan 🇮🇪🇪🇺 @ImtaBrendan]

Data is critical to improvement but without a meaningful context it's difficult to use data to promote change. When we explain data with a compelling story that links to people's values and a sense of shared purpose, then things start to move..