Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Yes, you are entitled to your opinion.

No, I’m not obligated to take it seriously.

If students can be excluded from class for not having a pencil, can teachers be excluded from training for the same reason?

Remember when we used to block Wikipedia? I do.

One reason educators are reluctant to change is they interpret change as “what I’ve been doing isn’t good.”

I’d like to interact with you, but I have no idea what the acronyms mean.

It we could engineer schools that “work,” we already would have done it. The reality is that learning and being “smart” are multifaceted, complex, context-dependent, and changing. When we engineer for one part, everyone complains we’ve missed the others. #education

Real life is on-going, open ended, uncertain. Laboratories and classrooms are not.

I don’t worry much about grammar errors or typos… but I do smile when I see folks misuse whom and myself in an attempt to seem “smarter” than they are.

I heard during my career that many of the “tough” students turn out fine. That motivated me to just treat them with respect and work on relationships rather than interventions

A post on g (intelligence) and its myth.
https://hackscience.education/2025/10/14/the-fraud-and-fallacy-of-g-why-we-must-reject-the-single-number-for-human-worth/

I’ve worked in #edtech for decades. I see most #edtech tools as shiny distractions from teaching and learning.

I live in a small state. My vote counts for more in the electoral college than others. I support electing the president by popular vote.

After attending a seance, Charles Darwin said, “The Lord have mercy on us all, if we believe in such rubbish.”

I saw a copy of The Bell Curve (1994, Murray & Herrnstein) at a used book sale, so I bought it. It’ll sit in my shelf safely being not read until I have to recycle it to make room for more books.

If someone tells you they have a technology/ method/ strategy/ plan/ technique that can be used to teach anyone anything… stop listening and walk away.

Especially if they are a school leader.

I do believe grades in most courses are meaningful and motivating for students, not as rewards or punishments, and not when the students see no connection to the work and there is no rationale. #education #teaching

Look at your organization's IT.

Does it's use closely aligned with strategic goals?
Is it functioning... like does it really work well?
Is it sustainable given financial and personnel resources?

The answers are often "no" when looking at schools.

High-quality customer service depends on effective communication. IT professionals who seek to improve customer service should improve their abilities to communicate: to understand what others mean, be clearly understood, and to improve the efficiency of communication.

Is putting words like “irregardless” in posts reason enough to unfollow someone?

A blog ost on network and content delivery for those preparing for the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam:
https://hackscience.education/2025/10/13/aws-networking-and-content-delivery/