Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Look at your test and the answers students gave. Can you idfferentiate those who knew the answers and those who guessed? Do you care?

@freeschool Any chance you can resend the audio file? For some ready. It won’t play on mobile or desktop for me.

Do you want to understand a school? Talk to leaders. Talk to students. When there is a difference in what they report, believe the students.

Affordances of Educational Technology
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/25/affordances-of-educational-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Cognition in social settings is far more useful and productive than isolated cognition; this is what make everyone smarter than anyone. (Yes, I know there are exceptions.)

“What worked for me will work for them,” is the misguided reasoning.

If education was simply an engineering problem, it would have been solved decades ago.

Over my career, I have adopted the role of skeptic with regards to technology. Whenever anything new comes along, I look at it carefully and I must become convinced there is a compelling reason to adopt it.

A colleague's community college student is in search of data for an independent study:
http://tinyurl.com/yugmsno2
Can you spare a minute to complete it?

Because discussion is political, the participants are not compelled to cite evidence, be logical, or reasonable , thus it is an unresolvable activity.

Typology of Adult Learning
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/25/typology-of-adult-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

One thing I've learned during 35 years in education: Leaders generally fear highly competent teachers and staff.

The Myth of Data in Schools
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/24/the-myth-of-data-in-schools/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Consequences are often unintended.

@freemo it depends on how you say it :)

Recent observation confirms the most enjoyable parenting happens when your children are 30 years old.

Here is your regular reminder that actions speak louder than words.

I just found out through the grapevine (multiple sources) that a leader who left talked shit (inaccurate shit… I observed the situations he talked about) about my team on his way out. 🤬

If You Are Going to Study…
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/23/if-you-are-going-to-study/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Controlling for *the* variable in many problems means you decide what matters… and you may be wrong.