Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Tools have a way of intruding on even the most unified set of cultural beliefs.” Neil Postman seems accurate in this observation of #technology too.

I find it very peculiar when English teachers speak of students “getting a 79 on a paper.” Can we really quantify writing in that way? Can you really differentiate that paper from one that “gets” an 80?

Competence with new #technology should not be confused with wisdom or authority.

Those who design #technology rarely understand how it will be used. To conclude “technology does what it was designed to do” seems inaccurate.

Every #technology both benefits and burdens society.

The most interesting uses of #technology arise when we find new uses... those not intended by the inventor. In biology, these are exaptations. So, 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

As #technology becomes a collection of "black boxes" user neither understand not care to understand, they relinquish control to those who do.

Ultimately, #technology is about extending human senses and capabilities.

“I’m using the curriculum map and all of the resources, but man does if have a fresh coat of paint and it smells like lemon.” #school #teachers #education

“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

Work is a social practice. Production or service to meet a perceived or real need.

When you try to translate your existing practice into the “new paradigm,” you don’t understand either. #teaching #education

If the role of homework in your curriculum cannot be clearly and completely explained, then maybe you should reinvent it. #teaching #homework #education

Increases in productivity is used to increase workers’ wages, reduce consumers’ prices, increase profits. Two of the options are good for sustaining and growing society. The third (and recently most common) not so much.

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

Science finds - industry applies - man conforms. Yeah, they had it about right in 1933. #technology

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

It appears we humans do that.

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Conversation with a student: “We have four fantastic cats... and then this one other cat.”

Was Moore's Law a prediction or a target? #technology