Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Interaction in Preliterate Societies
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A blog post turned AI-generated podcast.

There are so many great IT tools until you use them.

"I could not think of a different explanation" isn't proof.

One thing I learned during my education career: Every school has multiple on-going initiatives. Some of which have contradictory goals.

Educators Capacity in a Digital Age
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I can at least understand the fact that money buys access to political leaders; it is shameful, but understandable. I cannot understand school leaders allowing outside money to make their decisions.

Only school IT professionals have ever experienced the intense pressure of entering a classroom to fix the computer and projector for a classroom of students who are awaiting the start of the long-promised movie.

Media & Attention
A blog post with an audio component added. Thanks AI.
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Learning leads to changes in humans. They behave differently after they have learned. They can perceive things they could not perceive before; they can state things they could not state before, they can solve things they could not solved before.

Learning leads to changes in humans. They behave differently after they have learned. They can perceive things they could not perceive before; they can state things they could not state before, they can solve things they could not solved before.

"I'm really good at multitasking."

No, actually you are not.

At least in education, hiring a consultant to do a workshop is not the same as implementing a reform.

Yeah... I was never a fan of banning cell phones in schools, but the evidence is clear they are a serious distraction to learning.

The designers of school IT systems must understand the importance of perceived ease of use and perceived effectiveness in the intention to use technology.

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

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

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

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

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

I've never understood educators' reluctance to recognize the importance of theory.