Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Science doesn’t reject all authority or intuition. It only rejects that which is contrary to observation.

Events do have causes, but the causes are often unknown, mistaken, or misinterpreted.

I once had a conversation with a person who truly thought gay marriage was going to adversely affect her family. She could not identify a mechanism that the harm would happen, but she was vehement it would.

“Learning outcomes” sound worthy, but it’s a vapid concept.

The Conative Domain
https://hackscience.education/2023/06/29/the-conative-domain/

Yeah… All Curriculum… It’s Political
https://hackscience.education/2023/06/28/yeah-all-curriculum-its-political/

How common is the “non-aggression pact” between teachers and students?

Teachers don’t ask much if students, and students don’t expect much of teachers?

Today I heard “you want to increase perceived value which is the value that is perceived to have been added.”

The worst part is I don’t think AI wrote the script.

College is perceived as a “magical mystery tour” is perhaps the most accurate (and cutting) thing I’ll read all summer.

College is perceived as a “magical mystery tour” is perhaps the most accurate (and cutting) thing I’ll read all summer.

Many problems can be solved, but powerful people benefit from them.

It seems we no longer differentiate less and fewer.

Rubrics are cheat sheets for teachers when they are grading.

#edtech for #edleaders: Why We Adopt #edtech
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/28/edtech-for-edleaders-why-we-adopt-edtech/

Teaching requires finding the right combination of giving students what they think they and giving them what you think they need.

Factors Affecting Diffusion of Innovation
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/29/factors-affecting-diffusion-of-innovation/

#edtech for #edleaders: Measuring Technology Acceptance
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/01/edtech-for-edleaders-measuring-technology-acceptance/

When teachers cease to be learners, their students will cease to be also.

One thing I learned during 35+ years in education: the imposed programs, methods, technologies are often not a significant improvement.

I think about the brilliance of the presenter who used to bring copies of the books he wanted to discard from his library and hand them out as “prizes” to folks who participated in his sessions.