Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org
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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
What is the scariest AI you can imagine?
Teacher training is about compliance with regulations, not teaching and learning.
When students ask, “will this be on the test?” they are telling you what they have learned about school.
“We want to improve our score on….” No matter how one finishes this, it is likely to be meaningless.
If students demonstrate learning in the same way they learned it, you are finding out if they can recall it, not if they understand it. There is a difference.
“Isn’t school the real world for students?”
Sure, let’s ask them and see what they say.
Just because it’s easy to measure does not mean it matters.
@freeschool When I composed this post, I was thinking about the technology practices common in a group. If one opts out of the dominant technology, they are opting out of communication, thus they cannot be good at it.
In many professional settings, email still dominates. For me, I do not use it with my closest colleagues, but in my work setting, it is widely used, and some folks do not make it a habit to respond even when there is the expectation.
In my personal life, I have acquaintances who do not have or use cell phones. They are excluded from some communication as they don't get the group text messages. They reason, "if its something important you can call me," buy they reality is that today plans and decisions are made and finalized before anyone can reach these individuals on their landlines.
The strategies used to solve a problem depend on how the problem is framed and what the anticipated solution is.
Computers appear to have simply substituted for previous technologies, and have not changed how teachers teach and how students learn.
Factors Affecting Diffusion of Innovation
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/29/factors-affecting-diffusion-of-innovation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
“The digital computer and its peripheral equipment will support most of the subsystems in the total school complex.” This prediction was made in 1964.
"Personally, I hope that, for once in the 20th century, a technology stays free. Because the rules-makers always manage to kill the essence while tidying up the details. Dogma replaces direct experience, and ritual becomes reality."-Michael Crichton in 1983
New leaders who ignore existing practice, culture, personality assure their failure.
- 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
