Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

A leader says “I’m going to help you improve communication,” but their writing is ungrammatical and they struggle with coherent sentences when answering questions in public. Do you follow their advice?

Why don’t we just call the false positives of false negatives? Isn’t that more clear than type 1 or type 2 errors?

“X is great.” “X is terrible.” You can’t both be right… unless you are using X for different things.

I’ve worked in education long enough that folks complain how terrible schools are when they are young, then complain schools aren’t like they used to be when they are old.

“When you are unsure what you are talking about, just add in a bunch of extra words… preferably buzz words.”

This seems to be the primary lesson taught in “leader school.”

Want to “improve communication?” Maybe begin with answering email conversations that you start, answering your phone, answering questions in meetings.

The best researchers and the best teachers both have the best questions not the best answers.

Leaderspeak: “Tell Me What I Can Do to Help” https://hackscience.net/2023/11/13/leaderspeak-tell-me-what-i-can-do-to-help/

We are at the point where "presentations" comprise one reading slides the contain AL-generated text. SMH

Do we trust the "data person" who used AI to analyze their data?

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. -Albert Einstein

We are healthy only to the extent that our ideas are humane. -Kurt Vonnegut

“Progress” is all in the definitions.

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: every innovative new practice will fall out of favor and be replaced with what it replaced.

Study science. It helps you be understand it’s OK to change your mind.

Edtech for Edleaders: Whom to Hire: Data Specialists
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/27/edtech-for-edleaders-whom-to-hire-data-specialists/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I worked with a person who had a long history working in films recently. My cousin worked as an extra in one of his films decades ago! Spooky?!?! Not really. Just a coincidence.

We were confused… they were confused.

This explains more situations than we care to admit.

Discoveries need not be original to be wonderful.

Paraphrasing Eric Kandel: My first experience in the laboratory was absorbing, unlike the dry science I learned in school.

Read that again and again until it bothers you.