Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

What if we start discussions of school reform with basic understanding of learning science?

I tweeted this more than a decade ago:
I actually saw someone put coins into a pay phone and make a call this morning!
I'm sure I have not see it since.

What part of you is on auto-pilot? How has the world changed since you switched it on?

Your extocortex are the tools you use to do “brainy” stuff.

An blog post from a few years ago with an AI-generated audio deep dive added to it.
https://buff.ly/40i2AFE

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence. - David Hume

Carl Sagan on his schooling: "Get the right answer, and never mind you don't understand what you are doing."

If it were not for delusion, many would not self-reflect at all.

Saw list of things that can't be measured on a test and realized those are most important things we can't teach but that out students need the most.

“We make the mistake of assuming that the way we do things is the one right way.” - Tina Seelig

A journal kept 35+ years ago in my first year teaching contains, "Competition can drive students away from learning." I was insightful :)

“He is a smart man with a weird belief and a lot of money to legitimize it.” - Michael Shermer

I saw Grace Hooper speak my freshman year in college... Had no idea who she was.

I learn so much when in kindergarten classes from teachers and students!

Really, it's okay to reserve judgement until the evidence is in. - Carl Sagan

A post for my network security students about cryptography:
https://buff.ly/4aaGee1

Sometimes people collect the data before they develop good theories. Without theory, data is meaningless.

Instant feedback (from computer) is good; insightful feedback (from human) is better.

When we consider data (least meaning) < information < knowledge < wisdom (most meaning ), one wonders why we focus so much on data.

We can't simultaneously optimize everything.