Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I wonder... Are the parents who claim teaching should not be political the same parents who seek to remove books from the curriculum?

You claim, "I hire good people and get out of their way.” But what if you don’t?

I would take you more seriously as a “data-driven leader” if you could identify the source of your data more specifically than “the numbers from the state.”

You had my interest until you mentioned learning styles, then I stopped reading.

Don’t be the teacher/ faculty member who puts the “no excuses” section in your syllabus, then be long-delayed with grading/ feedback. Yeah, I know, but I’ve been in your student and I’ve been your colleague trying to justify your actions.

Has anyone every reduced a manuscript to meet the space limit and not improved its quality quality?

“As I made clear in the syllabus” (or in the email or announcement or other place, physical or virtual) is often not true, except to the writer.

Yeah, we all make typos... don’t take the time to fix them in meetings.

So much IT frustration arises from ignoring recommended procedures.

“Do you have evidence for that?” is an unwelcome question in many situations.

If your meeting is scheduled with an end time, end the meeting at that time!

I once read an article by someone who described how to take UFO photos (decorated pie plates tossed of the roof etc.) One of my greatest regrets is I never did this with students.

“Whose time will be saved?” Determines which technology projects get prioritized.

Illustrating your point by referencing pseudoscience does not strengthen your argument.

Is it better to have every online course at you school consistently formatted in a disorganized way (“we all used the same crummy template)? Or is it better to have courses inconsistently formatted, but each in an organized manner (“we all did our own thing well”)?

Ethical researchers must safeguard subjects' privacy and preserve their right to withdraw from the study without facing any penalty.

We should be more careful with data for education.

In the context of wicked problems, every solution and interaction with it becomes a permanent part of an individual's experience, implying that all data collection is significant and can have lasting effects on subjects.

A blog post on ethics, now with audio:
https://hackscience.net/2018/04/13/on-the-ethics-of-data-collection-in-education/

Ethical education research demands respect for subjects, the process, and the community. Always prioritize well-being. #EduEthics #ResearchResponsibility

Today it was difficult to avoid responding, “in the time it took you to compose this email, you could have answered your own question.”