Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
IT professionals in schools have deep knowledge of IT and strategies for keeping business users productive and content, but they find those strategies are not as effective in schools.
When doing phenomenological research, we seek to accurately describe what happened so we can analyze it. It is fundamentally different from experimental research.
Sure, I'll reset my password... any chance you can fix the error that gets thrown when I try?
Ethical, Legal, and Responsible Computing
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/05/ethical-legal-and-responsible-computing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Tacit knowledge is what led me to accurately predict that a recently hired leader would leave within a year. They made it 6 months.
Usually, IT professionals arrive in schools with little knowledge of education beyond their experiences as students.
Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. - Cliff Stoll
We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. - E. O. Wilson.
Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences. - Stephen Jay Gould
“Science is based on common sense; it cannot contradict it.” -Robert Oppenheimer
Through science we introduce order into seemingly chaotic existence.
Finding authentic connections between seeming disparate phenomena is the purpose of science. It is different from mythology in the authenticity.
Knowledge is asymptotic… we never really get there.
While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language. - Cliff Stoll
Teachers know their students… IT people in schools need to listen.
Guided Experience: Alternative to the Standard Model of Education
https://hackscience.education/2018/11/26/guided-experience-alternative-to-the-standard-model-of-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Imagine school in which students and faculty understood clearly where students would apply the skills they are practicing.
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
