Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

A Short Personal History in Education
https://hackscience.education/2020/01/03/a-short-personal-history-in-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Conspiracy theories are so tiresome.

Cybersecurity is to adults as game design is to teenagers.

I just saw a tweet “this is how I deleted my digital footprint.” 🤦‍♂️

Digital libraries are disappointing. I appreciate full-text databases when I can retrieve the contents of articles returned in my searches, but I am that researcher who forgets to check the “full-text” only options, so I am teased by the results.

Technology introduces as many problems as it fixes.

Contingencies and School Structures: A Short Rant
https://hackscience.education/2020/01/01/contingencies-and-school-structures-a-short-rant/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

First one who define learning as the ability to remember stuff annoy me. Sure that part of it, but if we stop there, then our students will not be well-served.

Here is your regular reminder that audio books are reading too.

Humans have used technology to support cognition for a long time—a very long time. We will adjust to the most recent inventions too.

Computers used to only follow strict rules. Probability has been introduced recently. Humans generally don’t like probability getting in the way of their cause and effect answers.

Rereading my favorite books on technology from decades ago (Roszak’s The Cult of Information currently). I wonder how much has changed?

Nature proceeds as nature proceeds. When humans decide to impose their will on science, it does not turn out well.

Elevator Pitch on #Schools as Wicked Solutions
https://hackscience.education/2019/12/31/elevator-pitch-on-schools-as-wicked-solutions/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Science is a valuable endeavor for humans. It is through these efforts to understand how nature works that we fulfil our curiosity, contemplate our place in the universe, improve the health of humans, and otherwise affect our environments.

Curriculum is also divided into subjects that are artificial.. In the real world, one encounters problems that necessitate understanding many concepts that are treated in isolation in schools.

"Smart" is very difficult to define if we all want to concur.

The fact that serious scholars are studying bullshit indicates how far we have fallen... but the work is fascinating.

The Problem with #edtech Integration
https://hackscience.education/2019/12/30/the-problem-with-edtech-integration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

When using modern media, however, one cannot assume any editorial oversight of the media appearing in public. Hucksters, radicals, rascals, and idiots can all create content for the web and the content created by those groups appears in the same search engine results as those of professionals, experts, and authorities.