Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Can we draw any conclusions (as educators) from the observation that cave paintings are dominated by prey and predators?

Another school year is starting in my region. He is your reminder to not post students’ images to social media, even if you have consent.

I don’t care what or who you teach… learn your students’ names, use them, and pronounce them correctly (ask for help, then practice until you get it right).

What happens when our inventions exceed us?

Yeah, can we stop with “I have more of a comment than a question” during Q&A? We all do. Write it on your blog.

Technology Acceptance
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/01/technology-aceptance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Some conspiracies are true. That doesn’t mean all conspiracies are true.

We can trace lecturing to Plato. Do we really believe there have been no better teaching methods developed in the centuries since?

“Most learning happens in the absence of a teacher.” Yeah… I can’t dispute that conclusion.

So much good practice is rejected because folks (falsely) believe their current practice is optimal.

Do we confuse productivity and learning?

Horizontal versus Vertical Reform
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/01/horizontal-versus-vertical-reform/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The more accurate way to say it is “always state the opinions upon which you base your facts.”

Following authoritarian leaders requires too much creativity for me. I cannot invent enough delusional stories to adjust to their changing lies.

Interaction in Preliterate Cultures
https://hackscience.education/2017/12/29/interaction-in-preliterate-cultures/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: what you do for short-term learning is usually wasted (a few exceptions can be justified).

Pickle ball players and tennis players disputing access to courts. Is this really a newsworthy issue?

Yeah, so I’m at that age where I see “old people” and then learn they are younger than I am.

Knowledge matters. The ability to use that knowledge matters more.

Three Important Papers in Information Technology
https://hackscience.education/2017/12/29/three-important-papers-in-information-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon