Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Beliefs are personal affairs, and personal affairs are adventures, and adventures are, if you please, shady. -John Dewey

Walking into the supermarket today, someone approached me and asked me to participate in a political act. I said, "You gotta be kidding." He indignantly said, "I didn't ask for your opinion" as I walked past. I stumped for politicians when I was younger. If you can't deal with rejection, you should avoid it, you do more harm than good to you candidate or cause.

The more I read about and use AI, the more I think it is similar to past technologies. It will affect our lives in irreversible ways, and the more active any of us are in using it, the less scary it will be and the more we will benefit from it.

When leaders tell folks to “staying in your lane” they are telling folsk to ignore how others' work affects you and to ignore how your affects others. It is terrible advice.

Once you decide on a test, you are no longer focusing on what you are trying to improve.

“I will rejoice in the multifariousness of nature and leave the chimera of certainty to politicians and preachers.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

Tests that are not independently reviewed are just propaganda.

Just because you have “data,” does not mean you are “scientific.”

Sometimes I see plays down the third base line at Fenway Park… you know where the seats jut out… and I’m disappointed to not see pizza thrown.

Thoughts on Decades in #edtech
https://hackscience.education/2019/07/08/thoughts-on-decades-in-edtech/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Intelligence is too complex and multifaceted a thing to reduce to any single dimension.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

“The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.”
― Carl Sagan

Design is an iterative process in which interventions are created, deployed, and modified.With each iteration, the designers seek to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of the system. It's much more useful than planning.

“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”
― Carl Sagan
But I am open to changing my mind when I am wrong.

“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.”
― Carl Sagan

Teachers’ Web Presence
https://hackscience.education/2019/07/08/teachers-web-presence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

When I was studying biology, a student asked the physiology professor about Daltons, the unit used to measure the size of large molecules such as proteins. The professor was so used to using the term, he had to look up the definition so he could explain it to the 250 or so students in the class.

Educators refer to “evidence” and “continuous improvement” so often that they appear to be suffering from the same lack of understanding my professor… “What exactly do we mean by these terms?”

"I can multitask...."

No, actually, you can't.

Someone else knows how to solve your most challenging problems. You won’t know if you reject all assistance, however.

If you don’t see your job as a leader as bridging gaps, you are doing it wrong.