Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. -Isaac Asimov

If you think you are the smartest person in the room, you are wrong… you are really wrong.

“There have been several studies suggesting” will be followed by… well… something that isn’t supported by any studies.

The more requirements you make, the fewer participants you will have. I’m puzzled why folks don’t understand this.

If your team isn’t diverse, then you will be unaware of the biases that doom your solution.

If it ends in a test, I’m skeptical.

Respect without understanding seems a good way to get lots of dangerous ideas to be mainstream.

Early in my teaching career, I knew a curriculum leader who said his job was to keep the pendulum from swinging too far either way. He understood different methods are appropriate for different purposes. Educational leaders have lost sight of that reality.

If you and your friends are anti book, then you can be sure I will not support you in any way and I'll work to minimize your influence.

You can provide a very specific and detailed and accurate definition, but still not understand much about what you define,

If you need AI to detect plagiarism are you really qualified to be judging the work?

If you are only changing the names of things, it isn't innovation.

Technology Steering Committees are composed of diverse representatives from across the community. Their primary goal is to find solutions that are mutually supportive for all stakeholders.

Teachers want #edtech that is robust, reliable, and secure, but it also must allow them and their students to successfully complete necessary tasks.

A blog post, now with audio, om technology planning committees :
https://hackscience.education/2022/10/31/edtech-steering-committees/

I added audio to a recent blog post on rural education:
https://hackscience.education/2025/11/02/the-challenges-of-rural-education/

An AI-generated podcast I generated based on items I had prepared for a workforce development course in data analytics. https://hackscience.education/2025/11/11/statistics/

If ChatGPT kills your assignments, they were probably zombies already.

This isn’t an exact quote, but it sure is accurate.

If you work for an organization where the leaders are creating a toxic culture, you should not thank the for recognizing you are "being difficult to work with." They get really angry.

What if we taught as if students were not going to become professionals in the field?
Nursing educators, you please do teach in that way, but most other can stop.