Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

One things I learned during 35 years in education: Leaders are not listening to the answers to their questions.

I work in #edtech. I value users' perceptions of IT systems. When I say that to IT professionals some of them stare at me with a blank stare.

Because they solve different types of problems, IT professionals and educators rely on much different types of knowledge, skills, and habits to their work.

One strategy I employ for avoiding confrontational people at work is to avoid them. Is to avoid them... literally walk away unless interaction is necessary for a common project. I've been told that is "unfair" to those people. No, it isn't.

Is #edtech Speeding Back to the 1960’s?
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/10/is-edtech-speeding-back-to-the-1960s/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Emerging Models of Schooling
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/06/emerging-models-of-schooling/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“We learn to be in the world through characters.” Wisdom from authors.

Epistemology is Not a “Four-Lettered” Word 5: Innateness of Learning
https://hackscience.education/2018/06/28/epistemology-is-not-a-four-lettered-word-5-innateness-of-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Learning how to learn will become the default expectation of students; if they leave without feeling prepared to learn more in the field, they will consider the experience a waste.

I believe formal education will become more important, but traditional schools will become less important in the coming years.

The purpose of schools may seem obvious, but it is not, and it never really has been. Who teaches? Who is taught? For what purpose are they taught?

Constrains encourage creativity.

Did you ever notice the "we need to improve communication" crowd are the least responsive? I have.

Edtech for Edleaders: Local Area Networks
https://hackscience.education/2018/06/27/edtech-for-edleaders-local-area-networks/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

It so obvious to spot the leaders and managers who spent no time actually doing the work.

It’s not the technology. It’s who we use it.

The best way to ensure compliance is to redefine what it means to be compliant.

One thing I’ve learned during 35 years in education: Those whose leadership is grounded in authoritarianism are quickly ineffective.

Let's all start using Grace Hooper as the sample text in name fields in our web forms.

Edtech for Edleaders: A Rationale
https://hackscience.education/2018/06/26/edtech-for-edleaders-a-rationale/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon