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
If you can’t be proven wrong, you can’t be taken seriously.
You need a catcher, otherwise you are going to have a lot of passed balls. -Casey Stengel
Speculation is often conflated with evidence. Let’s learn to differentiate the two.
Be suspicious of conclusions that reinforce comfortable ideas.
Interpretations and inferences are not the same.
Pedagogical Nihilism: An Idea Worth Exploring
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/24/pedagogical-nihilism-an-idea-worth-exploring/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
"We are going to do thing differently uder my leadership."
Yeah... we probably aren't.
On thing I learned during 35 years in education: The leaders matter... a lot.I have been very content and productive in schools when leadership changed and within weeks was discintnet, unproductive, and looking for my next job.
My favorite philosophers are write songs.
"When did you guys set up the new wifi network?"
Um, we didn't. Look closely, the name is slightly different from the one you should use.
"It is OK to keep using it, right?"
Maybe we start by making all student loans interest-free?
The superintendent is taking t a trip to hear about an innovative new strategy in a different school... little do they know there are teachers doing it in their school right now.
Note to those of you with the answers: You are wrong.
Let's stop with the acronyms... when you get to my age you will understand.
Hey... you know what? MOOC's are still a thing some of us use.
- 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
