Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Technology also raises anew question about the nature of the ends themselves.” -Stephanie Moore and Heather Tullberg-Webb

Questions motivate students far more than learning outcomes.

Jimmy Carter was right. We should have adopted the metric system.

Over my career, I have seen the change from folks proudly proclaiming their ignorance of science to actively spreading anti-scientific information.

I have my directions on my phone set to give directions in the metric system. The fact that it annoys those who ride with me is a bonus.

“Science allows mystery, but not magic….” -Richard Dawkins

Eye witness accounts are often the least reliable.

Scientists see the world in detail, and it causes the restlessness of curiosity.

I am willing to go back to teaching, but I’ve a long list of conditions to which no school would agree.

In my last teaching gig, my team and I had regularly scheduled sessions with the instructional coaches. The session on learning styles was… interesting.

I am willing to go back to teaching, but I’ve a long list of conditions to which no school would agree.

If the data can be displayed on a dashboard, it’s probably of limited use in decision making.

If it isn’t alliterate, there’s no chance it will catch on in schools. A catchy acronym helps, but the alliteration is essential.

One thing I learned during 30 years in the classroom: often times it is the student who acts more like an adult than the adult during interactions.

Leaders should shut up once their actions have spoken. They only make it worse.

“I don’t update my course because my field hasn’t change.”

Yeah, it has, you just are not paying attention... math teachers excepted.

The study with “surprising new findings” makes the news. The studies that demonstrate it was wrong do not.

Hey folks… please don’t say “god bless you for helping me” in work settings.

I used to work with middle school students to create portfolios of things that were meaningful to them as learners (e.g. “this is how I know I’m becoming a communicator”). Other teachers didn’t see the value because students never included assignments they had done for class. 🤔

If you leave the meeting with nothing on your to do list when others do, you are part of the problem.