Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Politicians affecting scientific decisions for political reasons never turns out well for large parts of the population. Ask those who were fed (or supposed to have been fed) by Lysenko’s agriculture programs.

I did not see “This page intentionally left blank” in books when I was growing up, nor do I find it in the stacks I have brought home from used book stores... and that is a large sample.

That which is most important in #education does not appear in your data.

What assumptions do you make about your students?

“None” is incorrect.

“True” and “politically popular” are not correlated.

Clever ideas work until equally clever counter ideas are devised.

“The candidate is not a good fit” is substituted for “this person would be ‘smarter’ than their potential boss.”

“Innovation is not a loaner’s endeavor...”

Remember, vendors don’t market to those who are critical users of IT and service. They market to those who control the money and who can check off problems they solved. “We addressed that problem by working with...” is a very comfortable and familiar position

No, Zoom is not a great way to lecture at a distance... Google Meet? No not that either... no it has nothing to do with Zoom or Meet... it has everything to do with telling students the curriculum.

It so obvious when leaders don’t understand math.

“As you can see in this graph....” No. No we can't. It is a poorly designed graph.

Editing closed captions makes one question the construct of sentences.

“Erratic behavior is the norm... “ does not put us in a good light.

“He was rational enough....” these are prescient words... especially when applied to leaders.

“Algorithms make me buy what I don’t want.”

Is that any different from that album you bought from a favorite artist that was terrible? (You must be a certain age to understand this, and perhaps a fan of Warren Zevon when Mutineer was released.)

I realized yesterday that my “I’m unimpressed” face on video conferences is passive aggressive... but it gets the point across to those encouraging me to adopt their unimpressive product or silly strategy.

A blog post arguing schools should have lots of different devices for students to use, now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2019/06/19/diversity-of-computing/

A blog post on school networks designed for school leaders, now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/30/edtech-for-edleaders-network-planning-and-installation/

“A good question is [one deeply interesting and relevant], but you had no inkling you cared until you heard it.”