Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

"I share, therefore I am." Sherry Turkle captures digital lifestyle of young. Descartes? No. But reality

"Curiosity demands we ask questions." - Richard Feynman

Is it OK to smile when you see a young adult dealing with his unruly children when you remember him acting the same way as a student?

What do we conclude about college that celebrates first day of class by tweeting picture of sports facilities?

"If we can have some fun, we will all learn and have a good year." Wisdom from a principal.

So much education is spent with getting students to answer well, but understand little.

IT technician: "I should make education decisions through infrastructure."
No. No you should not.

Open source textbooks becoming mainsteam? Let's hope so.

Infrastructure should drive education? Really? That works well if technologist understands teaching and learning and schooling. I've checked. They don't.

Testing and data-driven education appears to be scientific. Don't be fooled. It isn't.

Textbook publisher: "We're creating innovative solutions for inspiring learning experiences." Vast skepticism from me.

Overheard: "The kids failed, it isn't the school's responsibility." Wait... what? Seriously?

Who are the myopic leaders who turn any from arts, PE, etc. in the first place?

Should webmasters fix spelling mistakes on the English teacher's web site?

Banning technologies assures it will continue without regulation.

When "it's the lowest R square I ever got" gets a laugh from the audience, you know you are at a research conference.

"Education is just any other another business?"
When you hear this, you now the person is not worth your attention.

Nursing colleague just mentioned "behaviors of the profession." A rich topic for all fields.

Sometimes people collect the data before they develop good theories... w/o theory, data is meaningless.

Here is you regular reminder: What you can measure doesn't matter, what matters can't be measured.