Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Plato criticized writing, saying it's "an elixir not of memory, but of reminding". He felt it wouldn't enhance true understanding.

Today's media landscape features mobile devices with wireless connectivity, shaping user experiences.

A blog post on diversifying fleets of computers in schoools. Now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/05/29/diversifying-the-fleet-of-school-computing-devices/

Tablets (like iPads) are popular and single-user friendly, but processing power and app limitations exist. Consider the learning tasks when designing #edtech

Chromebooks are inexpensive and easy to manage but have the least capacity for sophisticated creations. Are they enough for all student needs?

If the #teacher still sets the goal, plans the work, controls feedback, and is the sole evaluator... is it really active learning? #education #teaching #EducationConversations

Endpoint Management
A blog post for network security students:
https://hackscience.education/2025/04/13/endpoint-management/

“Which is doing the deceiving: the senses or the education?” -Blaise Pascal

My stroke vividly illustrated Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). Tasks too easy bore me, too hard disheartened, but ZPD led to progress

The "popular" thinking in any field is not necessarily the thinking that is best supported by the #research. This is especially true in #education.

Habituation... the idea that one does not attend to situations too familiar... may explain students’ inattentive behavior.

If your response is “What else could it be?” you are demonstrating you have little understanding of the problem... or your solution. #leadership

Overheard conversation: “Yeah, you speak fluent sarcasm.”

"He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense." -John McCarthy seems about right, except for the pronoun. #maths #math #mathchat

Pierre Laplace said, "Probability theory is nothing but common sense reduced to calculation.”

Frank Keil in 2002 termed, the illusion of explanatory depth (IOED), stating, “Most people feel they understand the world with far greater detail, coherence, and depth than they really do.” This explains much.

Keith Devlin wrote, “The shift began with the introduction of the digital arithmetic calculator in the 1960s, which rendered obsolete the need for humans to master the ancient art of mental arithmetical calculation.” Makes me wonder when #math #education will realize this.

If you suggest solving a problem through a linear process with clearly defined steps, I’m not taking your advice.

“Because civilized citizenship does not require pettiness.” This needs to be on bumper stickers

Since life emerged it has never gone completely extinct. 3.5 billion years give or take is a pretty good run.