Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

We use gmail. A member of the organization refuses to use the email to avoid interacting with Google. What obligation do we have to accomodate them?

"It is unclear exactly what information is being used by Google and for what purposes it is being used, thus the true costs in terms of privacy cannot be determined."

Heys folks.... if you are publishing OER, please make them in easy to edit formats.

Some days I miss my Palm Pilot..

Actions. They really do speak louder than words. I wonder why leaders seem to have forgotten that.

Schools are social organizations, thus inherently political; changes in how teachers interact with students can be affected by the demands or threats of those who are more powerful.

Some schools lack the structures necessary to change what happens in classrooms; schedules, departments, prescribed curriculum, and other systems are obstacles that are too great.

This year’s “sugar snow” is coming after sugaring is largely ended.

Within group variation is greater than between group variation in most measures of humans.

Cognitively engaged learners try to make sense of the material by comparing it to what they already know and resolving differences.

Not all things folks enjoy in classrooms lead to learning. Not all things they dread do lead to learning.

Human learning has aspects that are cognitive, but it also has social and emotional aspects, and deeper learning requires students connect with the curriculum in all three ways.

While learning is commonly understood as a cognitive process, humans also develop the ability to use our bodies in useful and important ways as well. While some teachers may minimize the importance of such skills, they are a real and important part of human abilities.

If you don’t rethink what you used to think, then the time in class was wasted.

IT and Control
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/29/it-and-control/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Why We Scaffold https://hackscience.net/2024/03/22/why-we-scaffold/

What our students have learned in life and previously in school are deeply held concepts and even the most effective schooling does little to dislodge these false ideas.

Educators know with reliability how to transfer the information in the curriculum into human brains. This is inaccurate; or at least partly so.

"The curriculum comprises the information students are expected to learn, and that it is well-known, agreed upon, and accurately reflects the world." Yeah... that's a myth.

Technology and Society
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/26/technology-and-society/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon