Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best - and therefore never scrutinize or question. -Stephen Jay Gould

Technology often appears magical (paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke)… but magic is designed to take simple and explainable actions and make humans conflate them with powerful phenomena. Let’s take it easy with the claims about AI and understand it.

Those things you say without question… they may be the source of much that troubles you.

Knowing what is known is fine. Discovering what is not known is much more important.

In a world of AI, curiosity seems the most valuable skills one can nurture.

At some point in every formal education program, students are done learning and are just looking to get out.

I became an “educational technologist” before the turn of the century. I’ve seen generations of new #edtech tools. Folks are usually surprised to hear me say almost none of them are worth the effort to learn.

“We know this is improving students’ performance,” says the data-driven leader.

“What is the effect size?” asks the audience.

Blank stare from the leader.

One thing I learned during 30+ years in classrooms is that whatever was demonized a few years ago, will be the focus of the next “school improvement” initiative.

Cool graphs. No, they don’t really show what you claim, but congratulations on using the template.

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors. -Stephen Jay Gould

We have the same calendaring system... why are you sending a Doodle?

If you don’t even try to pronounce students’ names properly, it’s time to quit teaching.

Our web site has been redesigned!
What do you mean it isn’t accessible?

Cool graphs. No, they don’t really show what you claim, but congratulations on using the template.

Can we all agree that events that are correlated does not mean the first caused the second.

I’m sorry, but if you refer to students as “kiddos,” I’m unfollowing you.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. - Carl Sagan

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. - Carl Sagan

Your data… that evidence your interventions work… may well be the Hawthorne Effect.