Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Imagine school in which every class was focued on students creating something that didn’t exist before they started.

Watch students using computer for "educational games." Soon you will be able to identify that students who are simply clicking through the problems and will admit, “I’m just guessing… if I get a good score, I just stop” when asked.

We probably cannot destroy all life on Earth, but we can destroy humanity, and for us there is no difference.

Which #edtech Tools Get Used?
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/26/which-edtech-tools-get-used/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Leaders who understand the many factors that contribute to effective technology-rich schools and classrooms are too rare.

If we imagine we are purely, or even mainly, rationale beings, we will never know ourselves. -Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan

Science (the best collection of processes we have for understanding the world) is done in a public and open manner and scientists must report what they did so that others can verify. If the data and methods are not open to scrutiny, it isn't science.

Effective #edtech requires technologists who are open to hearing the feedback of educators and educators who are willing to use systems as designed.

Folks often ask me if teachers are accurately represented on television and other media. Sometimes I respond accurately.

I'm old enough to remember when uploading stuff to you web site meant launching an ftp client.

If you are going to record content, make it worked examples or something useful other than you lectures.

Did we ever decide.... Should we ban and confiscate cell phones? Integrate them? Allow them at prescribed times?

In nature, our brains are easily distracted and that helped our ancestors from being eaten.

Common sense, our own experiences, and the research tell us so.

Still many leaders seem unconvinced.

Students who use digital resources show greater skill in creative thinking, collaboration, leadership, and similar tacit skills employers identify as important for today’s workers.

Access to digital tools can improve the efficiency of school operations.

Improvement is worthy, even if the results are not perfection.

People who just “play” on their computers assume that anyone else who is using a computer is just playing.

Both adults and youngsters gain a sense of control over technology when they learn to get a computer to do what they want... that's why we should teach coding.

Elevator Pitch: Teaching is Political https://hackscience.education/2023/12/24/elevator-pitch-teaching-is-political/