Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

ChatGPT can write a syllabus!

Yeah… back in my day, we would look at the table of contents of a textbook.

Here is your regular reminder that “average” doesn’t tell you anything meaningful.

Yeah, your post with an infographic on learning styles… I will not reposting it.

I want a t-shirt with rather specific sayings/ images. I can upload my designs and get as many as I want. It’s a great time to be alive.

Some students go to school to learn the curriculum, others go to learn to game the system.

“Much that I have been taught is not true.” Some students speak with great wisdom.

When I’m interviewing candidates, I watch where they look on after asking a question that requires thought. If they “stare off” and avoid eye contact for a moment, I know they are giving their answer some thought, so I should pay particular attention to it.

We are at the point in the semester where requests begin with, “I know I should have asked about this earlier,” and end with “will it be done tomorrow?”

The problem with competence: your area of responsibility is perceived to be problem-free, so support for it is cut.

Discussing generative AI with faculty: "Figuring out this is going to be harder that we think, and we think it is going to be hard."

I’m at that age. I just put my phone down to look for my phone in my pockets.

Trust your students to learn.

So, I have a test message from an unknown person/ address, but they are thanking me for my work! Finally, some one appreciates me! I’m off to connect with them. I mean nothing can go wrong… right?

What’s wrong? I just “doom scrolled” for 5 minutes before a meeting started, and I did not see a single post about ChatGPT.

Human actions must be interpreted in light of human culture. Facts must be interpreted in light of theory scientific theory.

Yeah, pretty much.

Technologies (any technologies) rarely transfer into other places/ cultures in the ways we expect.

I left teaching almost 7 years ago. I really miss coming in to find the copier jammed on Monday mornings.

I actually used a “buying lots of fruit” problem when I taught math… it was based on my son’s experience as a clubhouse manager in baseball. Just giving that context of a real-world situation helped students pay attention--- not all but some.

The more you understand, the less you know.

Yeah, pretty much.

“Our site is not to be used by those under 13.”

Ah, I feel better now.