Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I understand perceived ease of use as a factor affecting technology use, but if you reject a “two-click” solution IT devised for your unique situation because you want a “one-click” solution don’t expect your one-click solution to arrive anytime soon.

Science takes a deep look at an intuitive thought and questions it. Quackery finds proof intuition is right. Scientists understand the difference. Quacks do not.

It is funny... no... it is distressing how ineffective reason, evidence, and theory are in convincing data driven educators to revise their pedagogy.

Higher education lost something when it was coerced into participating in cost-benefit analyses... but the unfettered spending and cost increases contributed to the context that made them necessary.

When quacks get a platform and dupe an audience... bad things happen.

“Statistics cannot be any smarter than the people using them.” -Charles Weelan

I can’t argue against that.

A blog post looking at the dubious history of IQ:
https://hackscience.net/2025/09/06/the-enduring-mismeasure-why-iq-tests-fall-short/

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

When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown. -Stephen Jay Gould

Note to self: Don’t demonstrate how to sign out of Google accounts during a Google Meet.

My former colleague (a vehement and frequent climate change denier on social media) continues to complain he can’t find a job... in a field that requires significant capacity to interpret data. Should I tell him?

“Learning [may] not happen by accident,” but it is often spontaneous, serendipitous, and contrary to the intended lessons. #education #teaching #school

Anyone else noticing the educator who is reluctant to record, caption, and publish their sessions is the same one who insists all training sessions be recorded?

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

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 their student and I’ve been their colleague.

I’ve decided to delete the digital files that clutter my desktop everyday.

When decisions start with tools, it will not turn out well. #edtech #edchat

“Once students meet the standards, then we can...,” is an apocryphal way to start any sentence.

“Complainers hissing in their emails,” is my new favorite characterization.

Real critical thinking begins when we begin to doubt our own assessments of the quality of our information and ideas.