Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

By understanding the true nature of AI, educators can effectively address misconceptions and foster a balanced perspective in their classrooms. The question is "to what degree are we understanding AI?"

Educators are often excited about new teaching tools they learn about at conferences, but they frequently lack control over the budget and IT infrastructure needed to implement these technologies. This can lead to frustration when they encounter roadblocks from budget constraints or IT departments.

While IT departments play a crucial role in ensuring technology is secure and compatible with existing systems, they should not have absolute authority to veto educator requests.

Ethics in your field... if you are not teaching it... you are not doig your job.

Creating content and writing are not the same.

AI is increasingly integrated into various aspects of our lives, influencing decision-making processes, shaping societal norms, and creating new opportunities and challenges.

AI literacy refers to the ability to understand, critically evaluate, and engage with AI technologies effectively. If we start with educators, we have a chance to see it in our students... and we must see it in them.

Latency sucks.

Yeah, we have bushels of data, but are any of them really meaningful?

echnology should facilitate discourse and interaction, not just deliver information. This shift supports a sociocultural approach to learning.

"The lessons we develop will depend on a previously unused technology to accomplish something previously not taught.”

Despite the long history and significant investments in educational technology, many educators still struggle to create effective technology-rich learning environments. This is often due to conflicting advice, lack of clear guidance on best practices, and difficulties in aligning technology implementation with curriculum goals and teacher needs.

Am I the only one who really dislikes the use of "PD" to describe those dreadful meetings is schools?

Technology acceptance models can help school leaders design better technology support systems. Most of this leaders, however, have never heard of it.

Schools are struggling to create effective technology-rich learning environments despite a long history of computers in education.

"If I had a dollar for every time I had to reset a student's password, I could retire early. And buy a new laptop.

Quantitative and qualitative research methods both have a role to play in education. Each approach provides valuable insights into learning and teaching. We seem to act as if quantitative data are the only "real data."

Progressive discourse relies on facts, not opinions or political agendas. Facts are established through rigorous observation and testing. I'm not sure we have been doing this for the last few decades in education.

A flowchart outlining the steps of an experiment provides cognitive scaffolding by guiding student actions throughout the research process, while a rubric clarifies expectations for the final report, supporting both process and output.

Technology can create rich, immersive learning environments that simulate real-world experiences and provide access to diverse perspectives. Think virtual labs, interactive simulations, and global collaboration platforms.