Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“The same physicists who built the first nuclear weapons founded the Federation of Atomic Scientists to advocate for disarmament....” This us what scientists do. #science #STEM #STEMed #STEAM

Recognizing your guess was wrong often leads to much more interesting and useful realities.

“No amount of belief makes something a fact.” -James Randi

“a layman is easily fooled and is particularly susceptible to self-deception. In contrast, a scientist is easily fooled and is particularly susceptible to self-deception, and knows it.” -Richard Muller #science

A common frustration: educators learn about great new tools but lack control over budgets and IT to obtain them.

Traditional tests, mostly unchanged for a century, still dominate education despite new technologies. They primarily measure memory, not higher-order thinking.

Analyze network traffic using Wireshark and learn about the five-layer internet protocol stack. Understand how attackers can intercept your data. #NetworkAnalysis #PacketSniffing

Educators often prioritize ease of use, while technologists focus on reliability. Situational awareness encourages understanding all perspectives.

Empirical research is crucial to test the effectiveness of the proposed design principles and to understand the optimal balance between challenging and overloading learners' cognitive systems.

Higher education needs a shift towards deeper learning to bridge the gap between academia and professional practice. Deeper learning focuses on problems, knowledge, inquiry, self-regulation, and collaboration.

Educational design research involves analysis, design, and reflection, helping IT managers understand problems and develop effective interventions in schools. #ITLeadership #ResearchInPractice

Providing sufficient computing devices in schools depends on capacity, number of devices, and teacher readiness. IT managers often negotiate sufficiency due to limited resources. #DeviceManagement #EdTechAccess

Efficacious IT managers in schools are teachers, IT pros, & leaders whose decisions realize strategic goals. Organizational success hinges on achieving these goals. #EdTech #ITManagement

Understanding the inverse relationships between cost, speed, and quality is essential for effective technology leadership in schools.

“Tenaciously clinging to your beliefs past the point where their falsity has been clearly demonstrated does not make you look good.” -Sam Harris. It is delightful when you find another who has captured your thoughts in eloquent language.

When you need urgent solutions, do you innovate or entrench existing solutions? Your actions say much about your #leadership

Inexpensive & high-quality edtech often takes a long time to deploy due to open source tools needing configuration & testing by IT staff.

Fallibilism (the realization one can be wrong) is the guiding principle of free, open, liberal, secular societies... and their leaders.

A blog post, now with audio.
https://hackscience.education/2018/05/24/what-plato-said-about-writing/

Plato's view was that writing provides a superficial aid rather than fostering genuine memory and wisdom.