Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I once had a boss who insisted on twice a week meetings where we updated him. He rarely listened what anyone said as he interrupted to micromanage. He sucked at his job. Don't be like him.

Don't call yourself inclusive if you refuse to use a microphone.

It's 2024. Can we expect professionals to not "freak out" when technology changes?

"Present information to users, and then test their understanding by posing questions. If the user gives the correct answer, then give positive feedback in the form of audio and visual rewards." This is a great model for computer-based games.... for learning... not so much.

One of the early models of computer curriculum was referred to as computer literacy, and it was based on the assumption that students who learned the parts and functions of computers systems would be “literate,” thus able to use computers for practical purposes.

20 years ago word processing, spreadsheets, and drill-and-practice software were among the most common uses of computers and information technology in school. That reflected the same pattern from 10 years earlier. Today?

Some days, I think we should have stopped at HyperCard. #edtech

In 1983, Michael Crichton (yes, that one) suggested computers have great potential for encouraging creativity, and he observed, “One of the great delights of any new technology is that it is for a while, free.”

That saying about how it’s better to remain silent and have people think you a fool rather than speaking and removing all doubt. It’s true.

Non-Neutrality of Technology
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/22/non-neutrality-of-technology-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Innovative thinking can be neither imposed nor mandated and there is no recipe that can be followed by an organization’s leaders to ensure that innovative solutions are produced. In innovative organizations.

In describing education as a social invention, Jerome Bruner observed, “each generation must define afresh the nature, direction, and aims of education to assure [that] freedom and rationality can be attained for a future generation”

Daniel Pink observed, “Back on the savannah, our cave-person ancestors weren’t taking SAT’s or plugging numbers into spreadsheets. But they were telling stories, building empathy, and designing innovations."

Diversity of Solutions to Wicked Problems
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/21/diversity-of-solutions-to-wicked-problems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Lots of our cognition occurs outside of brains. Ignoring that reality reduces your effectiveness as a teacher.

Appropriate curriculum depends on individual’s existing knowledge as well as social context.

Good lectures are wonderful experiences and can be effective for students. The problem is most teachers are delusional about the quality of their lectures.

The success of instruction can be measured with a test.... sure, but that doesn't mean students see the world differently or will be able to apply what they "learned."

Educators know how to deliver instruction so the curriculum is transferred into students’ brains... yeah... actually we don't,

Curriculum comprises well-defined information and skills that represent necessary human knowledge. Yeah... actually it isn't