Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems.

Compared to the rationale for driving rules and the rationale for organizational rules for, the rationale for classroom rules are more ambiguous. Why do we not wear hats? Why do we not carry backpacks? Why do we set any rules?

Once we believe the method will “work,” then any data that we collect will confirm our bias.

It is an unfortunate reality that many who are the strongest advocates for practices are the least able to react to it in a critical manner.

Facts are based on opinion more than opinions are based on facts.

Dunbar’s Number and Organization of Organizations
https://hackscience.education/2020/02/10/dunbars-number-and-organization-of-organizations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Necessity is rarely the mother of invention.

When someone asks how something went, I say "as expected." The reactions are alway worth it.

‘Interesting’ is an ambiguous endorsement.

Technologies are non-static. As new discoveries are made, the technologies that are used in one module or at one level of organization will be updated and reinvented. These changes will affect all of the technologies in connected modules and at all levels, thus the function of the entire technology system is affected by a single change.

Every technology comprises other technologies. As a result, any technology can be deconstructed into its component technologies, and each technology can be understood as part of a larger complex of technologies.

Your computer remembers.... but not like we do. Our memories are faulty, its is not.

Elevator Pitch on “Effective Schools”
https://hackscience.education/2020/02/05/elevator-pitch-on-effective-schools/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Our digital devices help us shout--post your words and they can be heard around the globe almost instantly.

The idea of using new technology for cognitive tasks has been well-received by some and ill-received by others, and that has been true throughout human history.

Metacognition is the working of learning what you know. Those who are metacognitive understand who they have learned, they can apply their learning in different situations, they can identify gaps in their knowledge, and they can fill in those gaps. WIthout this, you don't really know anything.

I am of the opinion that the future is sure to be uncertain for individuals if not for society. I am also of the opinion that the only way to successfully navigate an uncertain future is to be prepared to learn. This requires an adaptability we are not teaching.

Students are not Blank Slates
https://hackscience.education/2020/02/03/students-are-not-blank-slates/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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

If I am proven wrong, that is not evidence you are right.