Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Knowledge is ultimately not a fractioning but a unifying phenomenon...." -Walter Ong

“Does technology assure abundance?” - David Nye With information, the answer appears, “yes,” but the quality of that information is dubious. #technology

Inert information is organized in no way, interpreted with no theory, places in no context. It really has no purpose. #data

Do we recognize the biases and assumptions of the technologies we use? The answer is unequivocally, “no.” Do they matter? Unequivocally, “yes.” #technology

The most important and challenging problems are rarely solved with more data.

Reading a book on social effects of technology... the stethoscope was originally viewed with derision by doctors... wait... what? #technology #technologyinnovation #innovation

"You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction." - Alvin Toffler #edleaders need to keep this in mind.

The most interesting uses of #technology arise when we find new uses... those not intended by the inventor. In biology, these are exaptations. So, if we want to advance technology... adopt (start using new stuff), adapt (what you do to leverage technology), and exapt (to find new uses).

Technology is probably not deterministic, but it sure has lots of momentum going in a direction. #technology #TechEthics #tech #technologies #technology

“The best uses of #technology can only emerge [once we] recognize that new machines are not inevitable and their uses are not ordained.” -David Nye

This is true of #edtech

Thoreau said, “men have become the tools of their tools.” I think he was on to something there. #technology

“Does technology assure abundance?” - David Nye With information, the answer appears, “yes,” but the quality of that information is dubious. #technology

“Technology does not automatically create crushing uniformity and standardization....” -David Nye

It appears we humans do that.

#technology

Was Moore's Law a prediction of a target rather than an observation? #technology

"The best way to invent the future is to predict it--if you can get enough people to believe in your prediction, that is." -John Perry Barlow #technology #innvoation #leadership

#Invention (is the creation), #innovation (its improvement), #diffusion (its spread throughout users). To completely understand #technology and its influence, all three are essential.

The machine cannot be divorced from its larger social pattern; for it is this pattern that gives it meaning and purpose." - Lewis Mumford #technology #society

I'm always confused when I herd politicians who have been in office a long time decide now to "fix the longstanding problems."

I tweeted this in 2018. It may be more accurate than I thought:
We assume (falsely) that #technology and it’s advance is rational and can be controlled by humans.

Humans are social animals. The culture in which we live influences what and how we learn. #edreform #education #students