Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I've been listening to Stephen Jay Gould essays during my commutes. I think I know the origins of many of my foundational ideas about life.

If your students leave your class thinking, "I'm glad I never have to think about that again," then you failed.... even if they seemed to have met all of the outcomes.

Dimensions of #edtech
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/18/dimensions-of-edtech/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Curiosity. If we used that to focus instruction in the same way we do outcomes and objectives in classrooms, we'd all be better off.

Latency in IT is analogous to friction in physical systems.

Yeah, pretty much.

The middle of the bell curve isn’t interesting. The edges are.

Some Observations of Generative AI https://hackscience.net/2024/02/04/some-observations-of-generative-ai/

Your brain is easily fooled.

Electronic Portfolios
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/12/electronic-portfolios/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

If you don't spend time thinking about how your plans will fail, then they are sure to.

#edtech for #edleaders: Internet-only Operating Systems
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/12/edtech-for-edleaders-internet-only-operating-systems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge." -Carl Sagan

"The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question." -Stephen Jay Gould

If your IT team provides and supports a system, but you don't use it, then you can't complan they don't support you.

Hey IT... you know that change you are excited about? It is going to decrease productivity for a large part of your users.

#edtech for #edleaders: Mobile Operating Systems
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/12/edtech-for-edleaders-mobile-operating-systems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Once your systems are secure and stable, then you can think about improving them.

New IT leaders must have open conversations with the IT team and with the users to figure out what they are facing. It is unfortunate that many IT leaders do not understand they can alienate their team or users if they mishandle the conversations.

How one reacts to surprising new situations tells a lot about them. Personally, I like to find a group of folks who want to understand it then react reasonably.

Is it just me or does this generative AI stuff make you think about "the hard problem of consciousness?"