Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Leverage IT for Education
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/16/leverage-it-for-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”
― Isaac Newton

“What we know is a drop, what we don't know is an ocean.”
― Isaac Newton

Learning happens when teachers and students form positive relationships. Rarely does it happen otherwise.

Technology has perfect memory. At least compared to human memory it is perfect.

Good things can happen when we think together.

Multimedia Learning
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/16/multimedia-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

We have capacity to solve much more complex problems when working together compared to when we work alone, but we also have greater capacity to deceive ourselves.

Is it real or AI?
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

Is it real or AI?
"A true leader never stops moving."

If you resort to hyperbole, you are trying to control the conversation .

Is it a real quote or AI?
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way."

“Genius has as many components as the mind itself.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

Data Sources for Understanding #edtech
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/10/data-sources-for-understanding-edtech/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Competence tends to be demonstrated in generalized skills that can be applied to many problems within a field of study and that can be applied to problems in other fields. It is more valuables than the compliance we usually measure in school.

Bricolage is a term that refers to one’s openness to exploring new technologies and tools, We should teach it more.

The language used by humans to describe experience is a very important source of data, and that textual data gathered through qualitative research methods can be used to explain social phenomena as well as quantitative data can be used to explain phenomena in the natural sciences.

Different problems require different data, which require different methods.

Instructional Engineering versus Sociocultural Instruction Design
https://hackscience.education/2019/04/09/instructional-engineering-versus-sociocultural-instruction-design/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

When a solution is defined such that one subpopulation finds it satisfactory but another finds it abhorrent; implementation leads to some being winners and others being losers. It is much more frequent than leaders admit.