Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Erratic behavior is the norm... “ does not put us in a good light.

“He was rational enough....” these are prescient words... especially when applied to leaders.

“Algorithms make me buy what I don’t want.”

Is that any different from that album you bought from a favorite artist that was terrible? (You must be a certain age to understand this, and perhaps a fan of Warren Zevon when Mutineer was released.)

I realized yesterday that my “I’m unimpressed” face on video conferences is passive aggressive... but it gets the point across to those encouraging me to adopt their unimpressive product or silly strategy.

A blog post arguing schools should have lots of different devices for students to use, now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2019/06/19/diversity-of-computing/

A blog post on school networks designed for school leaders, now with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/07/30/edtech-for-edleaders-network-planning-and-installation/

“A good question is [one deeply interesting and relevant], but you had no inkling you cared until you heard it.”

“A good question creates new territory of thinking.”

“A good question challenges existing answers.”

“It is no use trying to learn math unless you can communicate it to other people.” -Grace Hooper was right. I wonder if she included “yourself” in “other people?”
#math #maths

What if we find out that students learn despite the fact that their activities were not hyper-focused on standards?

If you can’t say what is wrong with your idea, then you don’t understand it... or the problem it is supposed to solve... or what it means to be credible. #leadershipbyexample #Leaders #leadboldly #education #edleaders

A post for students in my database course:
https://hackscience.education/2025/06/27/foundations-of-sql/

A post for students in my database course:
https://hackscience.education/2025/06/27/what-exactly-is-nosql-its-more-nuanced-than-you-think/

A post for students in my database course:
https://hackscience.education/2025/06/27/the-data-ecosystem-unpacking-data-lakes-data-warehouses-and-data-marts/

“This is what I need in order to teach....”

“This is what my students need in order to learn....”

These answers do not always overlap.

“Inside every working anarchy, there is an old-boy network.”

Our emotions, motivation, attention affect what we learn as well as the novelty of the experience and where, when, and who else was there during the experience all matter when #learning.

“Not everything we remember results from reward or punishment.” I sure wish this was more widely known. #education #learning #teaching

Dear teachers: If you believe “my job is to give them information,” you are wrong.