Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Telling and testing is not teaching.

I see Google Workspaces now allows GIFs and stickers to be easily added to Slides. This, my friends, will drive more teachers from classrooms than COVID did.

I remeber the "holiday special" variety show hosted by celebrities from my youth. I don't mis them, I just remember them.

Should Educators Judge Initiatives?
https://hackscience.education/2018/10/11/should-educators-judge-initiatives/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. - Carl Sagan

What would happen if we focused curriculum on "what we don't know?"

What it "contributions to the community" were the most important aspect of human intelligence?

Test scores. They are generally the least important thing to know about students.

Naturalistic Approaches to Research and Teaching
https://hackscience.education/2018/09/28/naturalistic-approaches-to-research-and-teaching/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Folks often ask me if teachers are accurately represented on television and other media.

If we really wanted [healthy] people--substitute any other description that is valuable--we would be making much different decisions.

The less you know, the more deeply held are your opinions.

When the group doesn't know, that ignorance gets reinforced and accurate explanations are rejected.

Here is your reminder that “all observation must b3(3e for or against some view if it is to be of any service.”

Why Standardized Testing Flopped
https://hackscience.education/2018/09/24/why-standardized-testing-flopped/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

One’s experience as a student (and as an educator) in the past affects his or her perceptions and expectations of education for the future. This is often the worst source of "what we should do."

A Disturbing Observation
https://hackscience.education/2018/09/22/a-disturbing-observation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Problem framing is more important than problem solving.

The simplicity (and low expense) of setting up a network for use by consumers hides the complexity of planning, configuring, and managing an enterprise level network necessary in schools.

Students, teachers, and school administrators live and work in a dynamic and evolving environment in which outcomes have multiple causes and an action may have multiple effects. To attribute any changes to your interventions is misguided.