Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

When your team is more diverse , you make better decisions . Those who align their work with this reality will realize better outcomes.

Perspectives on Planning
https://hackscience.education/2019/12/13/perspectives-on-planning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

IT and School Curriculum Planning https://hackscience.net/2024/07/21/it-and-school-curriculum-planning/

Early in the history of desktop computing in schools, it was common to find tech-savvy teachers who supported and managed the devices.

In political processes, participants are not bound to evidence and reason in the same manner as scientists and scholars; so, any decision can be justified. Keep that in mind when you hear folks talk about their "data/"

Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure" is particularly true in education .

If learning styles were a “real thing,” then we would expect to see differences in how individuals learn when we use their self-reported learning style. We do not see this effect in controlled settings.

Field trips, well-stocked libraries, and time to read and explore unfamiliar topics are all strategies for enhancing and extending our students' foundational knowledge.

Field trips, well-stocked libraries, and time to read and explore unfamiliar topics are all strategies for enhancing and extending our students' foundational knowledge.

Criticism of your methods and results and interpretations of results. If you can't handle these, then please do not call yourself data-driven.

What Makes School Unusual for IT Professionals https://hackscience.net/2024/07/21/what-makes-school-unusual-for-it-professionals/

“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”
― Carl Sagan

“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens

“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
― Voltaire

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

Learning is promoted when learners are engaged in solving real-world problems. Even if the "outcomes" are not defined prior.

Natural science is grounded in the assumption of uniformity—what happens always happens. We cannot make that assumption in education.

If one can manipulate data with the digital tools and the intellectual tools that I teach, but one does not use those in an ethical manner, then one has not learned the lessons of my content areas. This seems to argue against "only include academics in grades."

The craft of teaching with technology– a craft that is a beautiful thing when done well– is not valued in our schools any longer.