Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
“I have an open door policy” is leader speak for “if you have a problem, I’ll be busy.”
“Students have the right to do anything.”
“Students must follow our rules without exception.”
Reality, and functional schools, lies between those extremes.
One thing I have learned over 35+ years in education is how to spot attempts to pull me into conflicts and how to avoid reacting when someone tries.
Some problems are mine alone. Others are solve with my team. Yet others, I assist in solving. But there are some that are not mine.
Differentiating them is essential to being a productive worker.
It’s one thing to find literature that supports your view, but you research doesn’t begin until you read that which does not support your view.
Situational Awareness in Instructional Design
https://hackscience.net/2018/03/28/situational-awareness-in-instructional-design/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
There is no one
My vacation start Friday, bit we changed travel plans
Apparently it is "change everyone/s title to something that sounds more important" week.
In my experience, once educators understand students and how to put them at the center of teaching, they changes their practices in an irreversible way.
Meaningful feedback from some lessons can be automated, for other lessons it cannot. If you lessons don’t include both, you are missing the point.
The fact a large part of society has been convinced to abandon science with devastating effects is going to be what the early 21st century is known for.
I manage an LMS. Half of the requests are to get more notifications half are to get fewer. The rest follow the how-to to set their own notification preferences.
Gary Ackerman
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@garyackerman If following is beneath you, then leading is above you.
If you aren’t ready to do the work… the real work… the stuff you are asking others to do, then you are not ready to lead.
Yes, I am more qualified than you to comment on some things. Decades of study and experience qualify me. I may not be correct, but I can justify my stances. And I know where my expertise ends.
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
