Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

The Purposes of Education
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/17/the-purposes-of-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Key aspects of our biology would be impossibly dysfunctional without technological support” - Timothy Taylor

What Turkle Said About Identity
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/14/what-turkle-said-about-identity/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Did we meet the goal?” if your answer does not begin with “It depends…” it doesn't matter.

The problem with being "data driven" in education is the data you have may not be the data that matters.

The causes of wicked problems cannot be clearly defined, they cannot be easily understood, and the resolution (or even the existence) of the problem depends on one’s interpretation.

"Interactions of systems-variables are so interlinked to each other that cause and effect is a kind of circular logic. One separate variable thus can be both cause and effect. An attempt to reduce complexities to their constituents and build an understanding of the wholeness through knowledge of its parts is no longer valid." Lars Skyttner

Humans and Technology
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/14/humans-and-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Oh... your students can't use what you taught them in other places.... I'm unimpressed.

"Do I know when I can use this?" This contributes to useful knowledge.

What students prefer... rote learning is an example... isn't always what they really need.

Nominal knowledge... being able to name stuff... is impressive ... but it leaves folks unprepared to use what they know do accomplish things they (and others) need. #education #teaching #school #learning

"Good performance" is usually defined by usability, effectiveness, flexibility, efficiency, reliability. Do these same characteristics apply to #education
#teaching #edutoot #schools

#edtech for #edleaders: Technicians
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/12/edtech-for-edleaders-technicians/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”― Carl Sagan

Mintzer’s Typology: Components of Systems
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/11/mintzers-typology-components-of-systems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I recently booted up a long-unused computer. I laughed when I saw the Skype icon.

“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.” - Carl Sagan

By learning, we expand our ignorance.

Educators abhor “reinventing the wheel;” they reason that someone somewhere has faced the same problem they face and that the other's solution can be transferred into their school. Unfortunately, solutions do not transfer as reliably as educators would hope.