Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

The skepticism of science and the skepticism of denialism are different.

"If I don't see it, then it isn't true" doesn't make you an empiricist.

When we do science, we question everything. This is why so many people are resistant.

Red herrings. So much work is wasted on red herrings.

"Let's do a survey" is a sure way to not find out what you want to know.

I have a few assignments in which I trust students when they tell me they did it. If they don’t, then they will struggle with later projects. I explain the rationale, but they are still confused that they don’t have to hand anything in.

STEM fields are related, but are fundamentally very different. Science explores nature as it exists. Technology and engineering control and apply natural phenomena. Math applies and explores patterns.

“Anyone who is drunk with gadgets is a menace.” -C. P. Snow

So many lofty sounding titles obscure the intent of the advocates.

I’ve worked in #edtech long enough to realize I should not recommend Google tools as they are likely to be abandoned.

Here is your regular reminder the saying should be “always state the opinions upon which you base your facts.”

The more objective you claim to be, the less objective you are.

Grades in school are thought to reflect students’ knowledge of the curriculum. They are not, and they never were. They do reflect students’ ability to function in a hierarchical social organization, which is useful, but very different from knowledge of curriculum.

Leaders who have big ideas, but no capacity to implement them need to realize it and just shut up.

“Back in the day” a grade of “C” on a report card meant “average,” so it was reasonable that lots of folks saw them. Grades have much different meanings now.

Unsupported arguments. I’m familiar with them. I’ve listened to school leaders for decades.

Narcissists join together in cliques, but they always turn on each other. I learned this lesson by watching it happen in schools (adults, not children) for decades.

What Stephen Jay Gould Wrote about Change
https://hackscience.net/2018/04/23/what-stephen-jay-gould-wrote-about-change/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I understand language evolves, but the stray capital letters in writing drives me crazy.

“Content delivery” is a sign you misunderstand teaching.