Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

UNITY Project– An Art Installation
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/15/unity-project-an-art-installation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

My favorite philosophers are write songs.

"When did you guys set up the new wifi network?"

Um, we didn't. Look closely, the name is slightly different from the one you should use.

"It is OK to keep using it, right?"

Maybe we start by making all student loans interest-free?

First Principles of Instruction
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/14/first-principles-of-instruction/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The superintendent is taking t a trip to hear about an innovative new strategy in a different school... little do they know there are teachers doing it in their school right now.

Note to those of you with the answers: You are wrong.

Let's stop with the acronyms... when you get to my age you will understand.

Hey... you know what? MOOC's are still a thing some of us use.

An incredibly professional and skilled individual delivered building materials to my house today. Let's normalize valuing all work and encouraging students to find a skill they want to develop and helping them realize a valued profession that requires it.

Yes... network security includes firewalls, but there is so much more to it.

"“I don’t care if anyone sees my stuff so I don't worry about my password." Is stil too common. Don't be that person.

Note to leaders: If folks answer your questions without elaborating and are otherwise silent, you have alienated them. If this becomes a pattern, you may as well leave.

"I can multitask."

No. No, you can't.

RT @WreckaCenter: I hate being observed. Hate it. I feel like we just canceled learning for an hour so we could do a little performance for the principal.

If an applicant spends an hour interviewing with you, they deserve a phone call if they are not hired.

Once you decide to leave a position, devise an exit strategy. Carrying on as if nothing is changing is bad form.

Identity in the Digital World
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/12/identity-in-the-digital-world/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Humans like to categorize using dichotomies; an object is placed in one group or another. Unfortunately this imposes our biases on nature.

Engineered solutions have option for finding faults. Not all "problem solvers" have that possibility.