Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Elevator Pitch on Student Engagement
https://hackscience.education/2020/04/23/elevators-pitch-on-student-engagement/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Can you please make my Zoom meeting open for anyone?"
I can, but I won't. I can send you to the directions, but I need a paper trail that I advised against it.

Significant Learning
https://hackscience.education/2020/04/21/significant-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"The very act of observing disturbs the system." -Werner Heisenberg

"Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think." -Werner Heisenberg

Perspectives on Learning
https://hackscience.education/2020/04/20/perspectives-on-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A Short Rant on School Improvement
https://hackscience.education/2020/04/16/a-short-rant-on-school-improvement/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Digital Badges: A Credential Whose Time is Now?
https://hackscience.education/2020/04/14/digital-badges-a-credential-whose-time-is-now/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Discussions for Deeper Processing
https://hackscience.education/2020/04/11/discussions-for-deeper-processing/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Can We Agree We are Wrong?
https://hackscience.education/2020/04/06/can-we-agree-we-are-wrong/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"I'm really good at multitasking."
No. No you are not.

I am convinced the "ban cell phones in school" efforts are the right thing to do, but returning to "telling and testing" is not.

At the start of the school year, I am reminded that the "it's in the syllabus" folks are the same folks who call IT/ administrative assistants/ others rather than looking it up on their own.

It seems the primary lesson taught in leaders school is "deny all failures."

In my observations of narcissists (largely school leaders), I know thye will turn on each other eventualy, and it is delightful to watch.

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: If students feel they have no control, they will take it, and make adults miserable.

When offered a microphone, use it.

There is no assurance that a lesson in which the educators intends to teach (for example) how to solve quadratic equations will actually result in students being able to solve them, recognize them in their contexts, and be able to solve them on other contexts.

There is no way to be sure “the standards” actually reflect the skills and knowledge one needs to be successful.

Brains are embodied. Why do we think we can make the artificially in silicon?