Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

It’s funny how #education is based on standard curriculum, assessment, pedagogy, school organization. Our students vary. The ideas we teach vary. Heck, there are various types of knowledge. All of these realities are denied in so much teaching and schooling.

I spent much of my career taking #edtech excuses away. I learned folks don’t like it when you take their excuses away.

I’ve met many narcissists. My advice is to learn how to recognize them and run.

Irrelevant answers. So much #education is grounded in finding them.

I bought my wife a new weed wicker. She likes trimming the yard and edging the driveway and walk too. I had some pepper plants in plastic pots outside the garden fence. I’m buying new pots.

The toddler asking the incessant “why?” is an ontological genius.

I really don't understand some of the conclusions algorithms seems to have drawn about me.

"You can't be young and do that."

Does anyone else feel slightly creepy when you get a notification someone has replied to your tweet at just the right moment, and you like it within seconds of their reply, but before getting back on task?

I'm editing the closed captions of some improvised "talk though the software videos." It appears "as well" is my preferred filler phrase.

Great classroom rules... now let's get rid of all of those that are about your convenience, then those that are about unjustified control, followed by the ones from which you are exempt, then the ones contrary to the findings of learning science.

Its a very short list now.

Effective managers pay attention to what is happening in their organizations and suggest strategies to improve efficiency and effectiveness of members. That necessitates they have some understanding of operations... which is rare.

There is a fine line between being consistent with the organization of your lessons and boring students through "the same thing everyday."

Yeah, if you put your astrological sign in your profile, I’m probably not going to follow you. No, that is incorrect, I’m surely not going to follow you… at least not on purpose.

If you have to send an email asking a question, you have time to google the answer.

OK… let me remind you, “kiddos” is not an appropriate term for students.

Sometimes I hear adults trying to do math, and I get really angry at math educators.

We know how brains work. Stop with the hours-long lectures.

So much of my time in #edtech has been spent building for the third time things folks asked for previously but never used.

If you ask my solution and I provide it, but you reject it… please don’t ask me to clean up the mess. I’m at the age where I will be honest.