Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Yeah… All Curriculum… It’s Political
https://hackscience.education/2023/06/28/yeah-all-curriculum-its-political/

How common is the “non-aggression pact” between teachers and students?

Teachers don’t ask much if students, and students don’t expect much of teachers?

Today I heard “you want to increase perceived value which is the value that is perceived to have been added.”

The worst part is I don’t think AI wrote the script.

College is perceived as a “magical mystery tour” is perhaps the most accurate (and cutting) thing I’ll read all summer.

College is perceived as a “magical mystery tour” is perhaps the most accurate (and cutting) thing I’ll read all summer.

Many problems can be solved, but powerful people benefit from them.

It seems we no longer differentiate less and fewer.

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.”