Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Learning styles don’t exist, but teaching styles definitely do.

“Leveraging” has a “meaningless buzz word” feel, but it accurately describes what can be done with well-deployed #edtech

If you are ignoring theory, you aren’t really being data-driven.

A blog post (now with audio) on the history of computers in schools
https://www.hackscience.education/when-computers-started-school/

Are You Being Scientific?
a blog post
https://www.hackscience.education/are-you-being-scientific/

A blog post on the need for educators to lead #edtech
https://www.hackscience.education/where-the-rationale-for-school-it-breaks-down/

There is a difference between what we “swallow” when learning and what we “assimilate” when learning. Schools have abandoned one.

A More Accurate View of Science, a blog post
#science #STEM
https://www.hackscience.education/a-more-accurate-view-of-science/

A blog post on imagination and education
https://www.hackscience.education/the-troubling-paradox-of-imagination-and-education/

"Action without faith is misguided." Really? I can't imagine a statement that is more misguided than that one.

When it is well done, science blurs reality by asking more questions with each one it answers.

A former colleague used to tell the story of getting pulled over for speeding on the way to work. The officer said, “If you give me a good excuse, I won’t write the speeding ticket.” He replied, “I’m a teacher and I have to make copies for my students.” He did not get the ticket.

"Why don't you just have AI summarize it?"

Because I am interested in making sense of it, not just having a summary .

Epistemology is deeply important to educators. It allows them to evaluate practices, adopt and adapt those that are useful, discard those no longer useful, and otherwise refine their craft.

What do we know? How do we know it? What does it mean to know something?

These questions are important for educators to answer They exert important influences on what we do in classrooms, but we can't let them get in our way of acting.

What does it mean to be "literate" (in anything--reading, writing, math, or any other subject )? Ask a group of adults and you will get very different answers that are both reasonable and mutually exclusive.

One thing I leaned during 35 years in education: students have a low tolerance for dishonesty.

If the purpose of your meeting is to “start a conversation,” please don’t invite me.

I meet regularly online with a person who obviously has three screens going. They are very distracted during meetings and often has no idea what we are talking about.

While IT professionals may not exert direct control over teaching and school management decisions, the priorities they set and the devices and configurations they deploy do exert influence on what happens in classrooms and how it happens.