Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Rubrics are cheat sheets for teachers when they are grading.

#edtech for #edleaders: Why We Adopt #edtech
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/28/edtech-for-edleaders-why-we-adopt-edtech/

Teaching requires finding the right combination of giving students what they think they and giving them what you think they need.

Factors Affecting Diffusion of Innovation
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/29/factors-affecting-diffusion-of-innovation/

#edtech for #edleaders: Measuring Technology Acceptance
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/01/edtech-for-edleaders-measuring-technology-acceptance/

When teachers cease to be learners, their students will cease to be also.

One thing I learned during 35+ years in education: the imposed programs, methods, technologies are often not a significant improvement.

I think about the brilliance of the presenter who used to bring copies of the books he wanted to discard from his library and hand them out as “prizes” to folks who participated in his sessions.

Even if it doesn’t make sense, put it in a Venn diagram, and folks will take out their phones to take a picture of the slide during your presentation.

Some of the things that were once the hallmark of human cognition have been shifted to the environment for a long long time. Books and paper & algorithms for calculation two that dominated until recent decades. How we respond determines the effects.

Generative AI seems to resemble any other source of information. When it is accepted without question humans run into trouble.

I have extended family members who share news, but say “ don’t tell anyone.” I go into the other room when they enter. I’m too old to keep track of it.

I asked a group of folks from disparate industries at a social gathering recently “are your clients concerned about AI?”

The most common response: “They are losing their shit.”

Why yes, I do my own research. See that stack of peer reviewed articles on my to read like? And yes, I have done some original studies myself.

@Pat Well, life on the sun is obviously true :)

@Pat Unless you are examining ideas that have been rejected by evidence and logic for a long time… paranormal phenomena comes to mind… that just seems a silly use of time. Harmless, but wasteful.

“Don’t be so open minded your brain falls out.”

Maybe just loosen it up and shake it about.

@Huntn00 I think that is exactly what Gould was addressing. I see the parallels between the blatantly self-serving folks in the past and the blatantly self-serving folks today… which is one of the reasons I reread Gould regularly and post about it when I do. I’ve actually seen some pretty smart people believing self-serving fantasies (my cardiologist who talked about trickle-down economics being a prime example).

@teachpaperless Back in the day, I installed osTicket for use in some schools. It worked for us. https://osticket.com/

Inert Knoweldge
https://hackscience.education/2019/11/25/inert-knowledge/