Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

The best education planning is non-linear. Unlike a step-by-step process, it's a continuous cycle of assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation, responding to the ever-changing reality of the classroom.

Designing solutions for education requires recognizing diversity. Different groups have different needs and values. Successful solutions must consider these varied perspectives to be effective.

Technology is non-neutral. The tools we use shape our thinking and actions. In education, technology influences how we teach, learn, and even define knowledge itself.

School administrators often make #edtech based on their "pain points." That is unfortunate as fixing those points may not improve learning; actually it never fixes it. At least it hasn't in the 30+years I've been working in the space.

Education is recursive and modular, meaning it's made up of smaller parts (like classrooms) that are part of larger systems (like districts). Changes in one part ripple through the whole system.

Ideas are uninteresting without evidence. Empirical evidence. And maybe some logic.

Equations are a form of shorthand. Nothing more. Nothing less. The meaning we draw from them is where it gets interesting.

“AI makes predictions. Images that follow this pattern will be perceived as dogs by humans.” This seems the most accurate summary I have encountered.

School tech decisions are complex! School boards, admins, educators, and tech experts all have different perspectives & understanding.

Successful tech planning requires ongoing dialogue & a planning cycle. This helps ensure systems meet the needs of educators & students.

Traditional tests isolate students and focus on individual performance, yet we believe they accurately predict students' abiliy to use the information... in the wild.

I complain about MFW at work, but not on my private accounts.
Does that say anything about me?

For generations folks avoided coding... I hope we can reverse that and have students create, customize, evaluate, and improve AI tools.

Robots reading text generated by AI... yeah this time seems different. I think there are folks who'll be happy to repace teachers with this model.

Ethics. Whatever you field, if it isn't in your syllabus, you are not doing your job.

If you conclude in your book that “AI is neutral and takes bias out of decisions,” in not sure I trust your judgment on the rest of the chapters.

“Have AI write your SMART goals” is the best advice I’ve ever read.

The Complete, if Flawed, Guide to Generative AI
https://buff.ly/41fpa3Z
My summation of a good, but incomplete, book on AI.

“There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”
― Bill Bryson,

Chromebooks are easy to manage, but limit students' computing experiences. Schools should expose students to different operating systems and applications. #diversifyIT #edtech #ITinSchools #Schools