Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

When we agree on what we mean, communication is easier. Finding agreement in natural science is easier than it used to be in fields like education.

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. -Charles Darwin

Nothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life. - Charles Darwin

The most important factor in survival is neither intelligence nor strength but adaptability.
Charles Darwin

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Thomas Huxley

"When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown." ~ Stephen Jay Gould

Frank Zappa was right... if you get offended by music, don't listen to it. Same can be said about books... don't like 'em? don't read them...they wer not written for you anyways,

A library full of books is wonderful, especially of the books include lots of titles that idiots want to ban,

"Computers should be in schools. They have the potential to accomplisg great things."
Sure... but potentiality is different from determining. .

Creativity is inspirational (I think it is better if we...), structural (we can improve how this is done), or situational ; (in these circumstances, we can do this...)

"You are what you measure."

Many educators should recoil at this.

Jerome Bruner’s Observation of Education
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/01/jerome-bruners-observation-of-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

If end users are not involved in your design, you are wasting your time.

"We are not going to allow remote participation in meetings" and "We are an inclusinve organization" are mutuallt incompatible.

Hybrid meetings are a permanent part of professional life. Please stop having side conversations during meetings. Remote participants only hear garbled speech when you do.

Hermeneutic and Naturalistic Approaches to Research and Planning
https://hackscience.education/2018/12/28/hermeneutic-and-naturalistic-approaches-to-research-and-planning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

It is 2024. You need to be able to use computer to be productive.

Problems. Ground you teaching in problems.

"What works" in education depends on what you are trying to accomplish.

Be careful what you teach students first. It is likely to be their "go to" method of solving all problems.