Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Schooling experience grounded in the pedagogy and technology designed to prepare students for a print-dominated culture is no longer appropriate.

All of your data contain errors is measurement. If you act like they don't you can't call yourself "data driven."

Many social science (including education) researchers argue that quantitative data have limited usefulness in their field as there are many factors influencing humans’ actions, thus the reduction of human experience and activity to a single number may not fully capture the situation.

The best quantitative data are those gathered in such a manner that the effect being measured is real and the one the researcher claims (internally valid), the same effect could be measured in other populations (externally valid) by other researchers (objective) using other instruments (reliable).

When computing was done on mainframe computers, the user accessed a terminal with limited functionality, and the important processing occurred on a machine hidden from view. We have retunred to that model of computing.

Take the time to think of all the ways students could get an answer "correct" on a test. Then tell me how confident you are they are an accurate measure.

School leaders are not technology experts, so they hire IT experts. In many cases, school leaders are unprepared to provide leadership and supervision to them, so IT actually limits efficiency and effectiveness of technology-rich teaching, learning, and school operations.

Just because Excel provides it as a type of graph does not mean it is an effective way to present your data.

For technology to contribute to efficiently and effectively add value to organizations and its clients, it must function within the purpose of the organization in a sustainable manner.

If you live anywhere near New England, you need to be at the New England Educational Research Organizations Annual Conference in April.
https://bit.ly/48H3fmk

Science is open and transparent about the measurements and the instruments used to measure. Most other fields are closed and secretive about their date and its collection.

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”
― Isaac Asimov

A student gets a question right on the test. You assume they know it. How can you tell they didn't just guess? Does it matter?

It never ceases to amaze me that employers will treat their employees poorly, then be incredulous hen they leave.

"How convenient to blame the poor and the hungry for their own condition – lest we be forced to blame our economic system or our government for an abject failure to secure a decent life for all people." - Stephen Jay Gould

Dealing with uncertainty is the least talked about essential skill.

“Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

“How do teachers stay motivated when teaching online?” Hmm… makes me curious about that teacher’s courses.

Novelty within predictability is good class design.

May we assume responsibility to build that future rather than having it foisted upon us.