Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I always smile at the “teaching isn’t political” crowd.

Remember when #edtech used to preach “select the appropriate tool?” Now, the answer is always Chromebook and Google-something.

Yeah... instructors... don’t bitch about the legally deaf student being added to your course “because I have hours of video and audio in my course” (which has been used for years without closed captions or transcripts being available).

Surveillance capitalism is a thing... a creepy thing... but a thing.

“Yes, but deadlines are deadlines, and they will learn a valuable lesson about procrastinating.” The dominance of that attitude (in part) drove me from k-12 to community college where it still occurs, but less frequently and more covertly. And it still doesn't work.

“But I’m a really good lecturer.”

I’ve watched the lectures you captured. “No, you are not.”

Feel free to use my response with in any conversation it is needed

Why Understanding Isn’t What I Want from Students
A post about oiur goals for students, based on a 1999 reflection on curriculum development.
https://www.hackscience.education/why-understanding-isnt-what-i-want-from-students/

The biggest source of distraction in the digital world is not phones with social media apps installed... it is the time we watch operating systems and applications update, install, and reconfigure themselves.

Determining the meaning of data seems the uniquely human part of the “data revolution.” And the meaning is rarely as simple as the first interpreter makes it to be.

You would think that—after 40 years of using computers—I’d know to check the power... including the wall switch that controls the outlet.

Managing your work and organization to meet goals is fine... unless your goals are misguided.

So much that passes for education is not. So much that passes for leadership is not. Thinking a hermit lifestyle suites me.

Hear that noise? It’s you actions speaking louder than your words.

Finished reading a book about data science... what does it mean that the shortest chapter (except for the conclusion) addressed addressed privacy and ethics and followed ever chapter (except the conclusion)?

My children’s middle school science teacher had a closet full of lab supplies she never used. I asked her about it once. Her straight response was, “If I use them, then I won’t have them anymore.” I talked to the principal... he knew her answer already.

If your data seems to contradict your business model, it might be wrong... the business model that is.

Sometimes your data confirms your suspicions, sometimes it contradicts your suspicions. How you react determines the quality of your decisions.

A blog post on why corporate IT strategies often fail in schools, now with audio:
https://www.hackscience.education/an-observation-of-it-in-schools/

A blog post on IT Goals and Schools, now with audio.
https://www.hackscience.education/it-goals-in-schools/

A brief story about enterprise IT and educators' lack of understanding of it.
https://www.hackscience.education/a-story-about-enterprise-systems/