Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

What do we do with books the advocate for learning styles?

In microgravity, there are no convection currents. Who knew? I mean other than those who have thought about it?

Formal Education and School Aren’t the Same (Anymore) https://hackscience.net/2023/11/10/formal-education-and-school-arent-the-same-anymore/

What Paola Freire Wrote About Education
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/13/what-paola-freire-wrote-about-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Unsupported, illogical arguments are also the hallmark of of political movements that promote hostility and violence toward other groups."

Truer words are rarely encountered.

"If I teach these basic things, students will be able to apply them to other problems."

Yeah. Actually, they probably won't.

Technology Transfer
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/12/technology-transfer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: If you are quick to take offense, you need to find a different "industry" in which to work.

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: what we learn through memorization alone is different from what we learn through deeper processing.

"You can't solve problems without a foundation of basic knowledge " is accurate, but that does justify teachers teaching only foundational knowledge and never supporting the application of that knowledge.

Humans as Learners
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/12/humans-as-learners/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"This is going to ruin children." Any technology you can think of has been included as "this."

How much more difficult is it to add authenticity to classroom projects.

"Use AI to write the email, then edit it."

Yeah, I'll just use a template thanks.

Does anyone else get the sense that "AI enhanced" means nothing?

The presence of nothing ensures learning. It requires active participation by the learner.

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.