Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

"For technology to contribute to efficiency and effectively add value to an organization and its clients, it must function within the purpose of the organization in a sustainable manner." In educational institutions, this is difficult to realize.

People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov

Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty. - Stephen Jay Gould

"Small schools can give personalized attention." Yeah, I've worked in lots of them. This is often not true.

I retired from being a K-12 classroom teacher years ago. I still have occasional "teacher nightmares."

I'm unsure which is worse: Leaders who are proudly ignorant of technology or leaders who worked in IT years ago and haven't kept current.

I work in a college IT department. I'm thinking the resources spent sending me the cold emails to use your company for the cookie fundraiser are wasted.

We all have the same calendaring tool. We can see others' calendars . I still get "are you available Tuesday at 9:00?" emails.

“All we have to do is x” is always followed by a bad idea.

The things that “don’t matter” often do.

Every now and then I think about the science teacher who told me she thinks there “must be something true about astrology.” 🤦‍♂️

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We think we know what motivates students.

The cure for the misuse of science is not censorship, but clearer explanations, vigorous debates, and making science accessible to everyone. -Carl Sagan

Yes, some geniuses were ignored. If you are bing ignored. That does not mean you are a genius.

We are dismissing your ideas because they have been rejected for a very long time, not because you are being treated unfairly.

He who allows oppression share the crime. -Erasmus Darwin

Convoluted arguments that are difficult to refute are not necessarily correct.

For convenience, I took a bus recently. I’m a fan.

Fertile imaginations explain a lot. The quality of the explanations may not be great, but the quantity is.