Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org
- 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
@freeschool Thanks for the feedback.
1) Send some audio files, It'd be great to have some "feedback" episodes :)
3) The name of the podcast comes from a theme I have developed in my book that has been released under Creative Commons. I've had some good feedback on it from faculty/ students using it in their courses. I'd enjoy reading/ hearing your thoughts.
4) Thanks for the reminder to doublecheck this before posting. I use and an automated posting service for days when I know I am going to be occupied. When I create twitter posts first, it automatically shortens URL's. I need to a better job making sure they don't slip through!
Digtital detritus is real Avoid it.
Schooling is based on the assumption that all students in a cohort learn all topics at the same rate and that the rate can be controlled by the teacher. This is false.
Unpredictability and variability are two of characteristics of our world. Schools that reflect that reality will look much different than they do today.
Hey school leader... K-12, higher ed, whatever... that great new trend... maybe you understand it before blindly adopting it.
I have a colleague who reads many books. We talk about them... a lot. Everyone should have such a colleague... and be one.
The resident "know it all" who had to comment on everything at every meeting recently retired. The competition to replace them is fierce.
Learning. Learning that folks can use. Its much more worthwhile than your data,
I started reading books by listening to them a few years ago. It is different than reading print. Is is worth doing. Those who want to argue about it demonstrate their ignorance.
OK, can we start figuring out how generative AI is going to help us? Is getting tiresome to hear the sky is falling.
Why, yes, I have started a podcast. It's embedded on my web site and you can find it here: https://bit.ly/3J0jtfP or embedded on my web site https://bit.ly/4axTBUo wherever you find podcasts. My audience is IT folks in schools. Please share.
Essential knowledge is a myth.
Mindless exploring is fun, but it really isn’t engineering or science.
What do you do when you realize your goals are misguided?
Hey teachers… you can ask questions to which you don’t know the answer.
“Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.”
― Richard Dawkins
“We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.”
― Richard Dawkins,
“You are trying to say that I am a silly robot following a predetermined course into destruction?”
― Isaac Asimov
- 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
