Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Stop worrying about outcomes, start worrying about learning.
Heresy that must become mainstream

"What if we gave a test and no one came?" my notes say this came from Alfie Kohn.

When the IT folks say "it can't be done," they means, "it shouldn't be done," "it is too expensive," "we don't have the time," or "I don't know how."

Cliff Stoll: Data is not information, info is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. Yet schools focus on...?

Learning is working on the line between competence and incompetence.

In isolation, neurons are unremarkable.

We can’t even be reasonable with drones, when we get flying cars we are in trouble.

We can’t define artificial intelligence because we don’t know what natural intelligence is.

Interaction in Preliterate Societies
https://buff.ly/3DFT3kg
A blog post turned AI-generated podcast.

There are so many great IT tools until you use them.

"I could not think of a different explanation" isn't proof.

One thing I learned during my education career: Every school has multiple on-going initiatives. Some of which have contradictory goals.

Educators Capacity in a Digital Age
https://buff.ly/40mTjMT

I can at least understand the fact that money buys access to political leaders; it is shameful, but understandable. I cannot understand school leaders allowing outside money to make their decisions.

Only school IT professionals have ever experienced the intense pressure of entering a classroom to fix the computer and projector for a classroom of students who are awaiting the start of the long-promised movie.

Media & Attention
A blog post with an audio component added. Thanks AI.
https://buff.ly/3DMVdyy

Learning leads to changes in humans. They behave differently after they have learned. They can perceive things they could not perceive before; they can state things they could not state before, they can solve things they could not solved before.

Learning leads to changes in humans. They behave differently after they have learned. They can perceive things they could not perceive before; they can state things they could not state before, they can solve things they could not solved before.

"I'm really good at multitasking."

No, actually you are not.

At least in education, hiring a consultant to do a workshop is not the same as implementing a reform.