Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

LiveCode
https://hackscience.education/2018/08/06/livecode/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled” - Richard Feynman

In politics , we can change our definitions to ensure agreement. When dealing with natural phenomena, they proceeed as tey will regardless of our definitions or agreement.

Note to leaders: You need to figure out which rumors are true before you start acting on them.

One thing I have learned during 35 years in education: Micromanagers adopt that style because they are not comfortable or competent to perform their job.

Experts and “Expertiness” in Education
https://hackscience.education/2018/08/02/experts-and-expertiness-in-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“In many cases, familiar educational tools and resources would be more effective if educators, in partnership with students, would simply try to devise ways of using them to deepen students’ understanding” - Toru Iiyoshi and Cheryl Richardson

“the impulse is to keep moving to newer and niftier ‘gadgets’ without learning thoroughly from what worked and what did not” - Toru Iiyoshi and Cheryl Richardson

Let's start designing classroom that can adapt to changing circumstances.

Effective schools requires political leaders recognize the nature of learning.

If we accept education is a technology for the wicked problem of preparing young people to participate in a quickly changing global social life, then it is reasonable to conclude that no single action (or set of actions) will suffice to permanently prepare a school for the work.

Education and the Study of Education
https://hackscience.education/2018/08/02/education-and-the-study-of-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I work in #edtech. There used to be nothing more entertaining than watching folks argue over which is better… Blackboard, Canvas, or Moodle.

I earned a D in math in 4th grade. I used to bring my report card to school so my math students could see it.

The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World that Values Sameness
https://hackscience.education/2018/08/01/the-end-of-average-how-we-succeed-in-a-world-that-values-sameness/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

In 1890, William James wrote: “Millions of items are present to my senses which never properly entered into my experience Why? Because they have no interest to me.”

Educators read that over and over until you get it.

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: “the obvious” thing to do is often the least effective.

“The sensory systems are hypothesis generators.” This is not how we assume brains work, but it is what the evidence tells us.

#Edtech for #Edleaders: Whom to Hire: Technology Integration Specialists
https://hackscience.education/2018/08/01/edtech-for-edleaders-whom-to-hire-technology-integration-specialists/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Brains don’t just perceive and respond, they actively interpret the world, and that affects perceptions and responses.