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
The most flawed educational proposals proceed from the position that education is an engineering problem, and thus we can build educational systems can be built to create systems that produce measurable achievement reliably.
Humans are learners. Humans are also the products of their environments, and once something from the environment is learned it is very difficult to unlearn it.
I look at twitter once per day... I'm glad I have decided to stop posting there.
If you call student "kiddos" or adult "rock stars," you need to stop.
Your curriculum... it is political.
Increasingly, we recognize many of the things that are “true” in society are myths.
Information technology is an interesting aspect of logistics in most organizations. It cannot be used to achieve any goals unless it is used to accomplish the essential functions of the organization, it is functioning, and it is sustainable. In most organizations, this requires three types of expertise to ensure the technology is appropriately used, properly configured, and reasonably supported.
Once it becomes a measure its no longer meaningful.
While they are expected to teach “the standards,” teachers must recognize they are artificial, and may restrict students in many circumstances.
Educators are very familiar with the never-ending series of “buzz words” that emerge, capture the attention of leaders for a few years, then fade into disuse when the next term distracts leaders.
Once established, certain practices and structures remain a part of school, and in many cases, they are understood as “natural” parts of school, and “necessary” for students’ success long after the original conditions necessitating the change have faded.
Just because Excel makes the graph available doe not mean it is a good one.
We assume that everyone should learn what we learned and how we learned it.
The diverse nature of students and the broad nature of the curriculum is part of what makes schools unusual places to work for IT professionals.
One of the most distressing realizations one makes when they become a teacher is that the best plans one makes for the classroom are just guesses.
"Average: is meaningless in most situations.
- 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
