Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Humans also exapt technology; they find new and unintended uses for technologies. In biology exaptations are those structures and functions that evolved for one purpose, but then were applied to a different purpose.

#edtech for #edleaders: Open to Secure
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/29/edtech-for-edleaders-open-to-secure/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
― Charles Darwin

Humans adopt (with increasing rapidity) the information technologies in their environment and humans adapt their communication habits to the tools.

I confess, a real disdain for computers. They can be unreliable and break when most-needed, and troubleshooting them is a real hassle.

As a student, I attended a high school that had four computers available for students (my classmates’ recollections confirm my memories). I was thoroughly unimpressed with the devices.

Review: A Brief History of Intelligence https://hackscience.net/2024/05/27/review-a-brief-history-of-intelligence/

#edtech for #edleaders: Cloud Computing
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/26/edtech-for-edleaders/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A Harsh Reality About IT and School Leaders https://hackscience.net/2024/05/27/a-harsh-reality-about-it-and-school-leaders/

ePortfolios: Collect to Cull
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/23/eportfolios-collect-to-cull/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

One of the great things about science… your authority does not matter in the least. How you explain nature does.

Elevator Pitch: Reality of Curriculum https://hackscience.net/2024/05/26/elevator-pitch-reality-of-curriculum/

Poor technology selection can leave some important functions unmet, while introducing extraneous cognitive load for unimportant functions. Still leaders allow It folks to make decisions while ignoring user input.

How you decide is as important as what you decide.

Reinventing the wheel is not popular, but it is often necessary as your ground is different, your materials are different, and you need to accompliosh somehting different.

We need more "sandcastle problems" in the curriculum. Those things that we are never really done doing.

Every solution introduces more problems.

My first English prof when an undergraduate student warned us away from false elegance. Apparently the AI assistants who are there to help improve our writing had a different professor.

I wonder how many educators have left because staying meant they would be complicit in harmful systems.

We are at the "my project must have top priority because it needs to be done before I go on vacation" time of the year.