Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Most cognition depends on the setting. When we ignore that in education, we are in trouble.

There is no need to whine at me that “you are being judgmental” when I judge you based on the folks with whom you associate or the (debunked) ideas you espouse. I know that’s what I’m doing, and I’m not going to stop.

An acquaintance works in a school that has adopted a new digital time clock. They system administrators do not allow punch in until 7:50, which is when they arrive at work. Many who use it arrive at work at 6:00 AM. System admin can’t figure out how to change it. 🤦

“It was better when x was true.” (x can be anything you decide)

These proclamations are wrong… they are all the result of euphoric recall.

When a decision has been made to suffice, leaders should admit it. Most of us see efforts to promote it as the best solution as disingenuous.

Here is your regular reminder that Deming was working in manufacturing not education.

I often buy books at used book sales that I find offensive (The Bell Curve is an example) and I leave them in my library indefinitely. Should I continue this practice? Is it OK to take the books for recycling?

I’m old enough to remember when it wasn’t necessary to ask “where are you?” When talking to someone on the phone.

Let’s stop using colors that make slides unreadable to those who have imperfect vision.

Call me what you will, but I participate in and identify with communities that reject ideas that are demonstrably false.

Many good people work in broken systems.

AI is overly confident in its conclusions that are based on biased data. So, this is different from humans?

The most distressing aspect of public discourse recently is that it has become accepted that folks can make up any “facts” they want and others believe them without question.

The “do your own research” folks seem to misunderstand what the rest of us mean by data.

There’s little more entertaining than one who gets caught up in the rules they implemented to catch others.

If education is about outcomes, and AI allows us to get to outcomes immediately, then we should embrace it, right?

AI “hallucinates” (it makes up information, including citations). I’m wondering how this is different from humans creating conspiracy theories.

f we could get folks to understand “telling and testing isn’t teaching,” then we would all be better off.

“I taught it, but they didn’t learn it.”

Did you? Did you really?

Seriously, stop using "kiddos" when you mean students and stop using "rock stars" when talking about adults.