Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Humans are variable creatures; clear cause and effect relationships do not exist in education.

“I taught it, but they didn’t learn it.” 🤦

Teachers complain. They complain a lot. No, really. You can’t imagine the things teachers say about students, students’ previous teachers, colleagues, administrators, parents and society, and everyone else.

If students could accurately recall what they were taught for a long time after they were taught it, then we assumed they had learned it well. That concept of learning seems inadequate.

I am convinced learning is happening in all classrooms. Sometimes it reflects that the teacher intends. Often it does not.

Pencil and paper to perform calculations, which are technologies in every way, are generally acceptable, but digital electronic calculators are not.

Thinking About Identity in the Digital World
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/22/thinking-about-identity-in-the-digital-world/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Social interaction is perceived as play rather than learning... those perceptions are wrong.

If our students leave with their abilities unchanged, then they (and we) have wasted their time and energy and money while there.

We have capacity to solve much more complex problems when working together compared to when we work alone, but we also have greater capacity to deceive ourselves.

The conspiracy theorists among us keep busy for hours contriving explanations, each more convoluted than the other. Humans are very skilled at creating patterns and explanations where none really exist.

A Rationale for Interaction in Online Courses
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/19/a-rationale-for-interaction-in-online-courses/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Technology follows rules with inhuman speed and accuracy. Let's use it for those things, but not things we do well.

Your students have endless access to the documents in your online classroom you afford students endless access to those files. Now if you are one of those who says that “it is students’ responsibility to keep track of these things,” then I guess you can never mind. But of course, you cannot complain later that students don’t have what they need nor can you complain that they didn’t learn what was in those files.

Learning happens when students engage with their peers to understand the information and ideas that are in a rich curriculum.

I've taken a shallow dive into creating a chatbot. Anyone with advice before I take a deep dive?

Is it a quote or AI?

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

Leverage IT for Education
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/16/leverage-it-for-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”
― Isaac Newton

“What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.”
― Isaac Newton