Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Ignorance is not nearly the problem that the illusion of knowledge is.

“Budgets are moral documents” is the most accurate thing I’ve heard recently.

If your classroom protocols are not faded, then they are not working.

Learning is an interesting phenomenon. How it proceeds depends 100% on the learner *and* 100% on the teacher/ coach/ mentor.

I played trumpet for about 3 months in elementary school. I learned a lot about how not to teach from the music teacher. (This is a comment about an individual, not a generalization.)

It appears certain types of teaching (e.g. basic knowledge we can tell and test) can be best done by AI. I still see many teachers who believe this is their role.

One more time: just because you have an opinion does not mean I am obligated to take it seriously.

When leaders say “that’s what I said, but it’s not what I meant,” I stop listening to them.

“Improving results” is a signal you have a too simple view of learning to be an effective educator.

“People aren’t motivated by money.” Yeah, but they sure make decisions as if it matters.

I think it’s time we start asking candidates for leadership positions to “describe one time your decisions added to institutional drama and what you did to minimize it afterwards.”

'New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl : NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/08/16/1194202562/new-york-times-considers-legal-action-against-openai-as-copyright-tensions-swirl

All of those people you are blaming for your bad decision… they warned you not to do it.

“Who could have predicted it?”

Actually lots of people…
but you ignored them.

Understanding CC Licenses and Generative AI - Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/2023/08/18/understanding-cc-licenses-and-generative-ai/

“Knowing stuff” and “knowing how to interact with others who know the same stuff” are not the same.

Your learning outcomes do not motivate students to the degree you have been led to believe. #teaching

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).