Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
I graduated from high school and started my preparation to be an educator in 1983. That is the year A Nation at Risk was released. "Schools are failing" is not new.
Review of The Nature of Technology: What it is and How it Evolves
https://hackscience.education/2018/04/25/review-of-the-nature-of-technology-what-it-is-and-how-it-evolves/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
It seems educators cannot make any decision without some test scores to support it, and we can take no action unless it is going to result in some change that can be measured on a test.
Education is a technology that is built upon the natural phenomena of the human brain. Unfortunately, many who affect schools no nothings of how brains really work.
Sure, that philanthropist or business leader advising educators may have been an economic success. Let's not conflate that with understanding schools.
Yes, we education should prepare students to participate in economic life (i.e. get a job), but schools should not be job training institutions.
"Teach the facts" is advocated by folks who misunderstand the ephemeral nature of facts.
You are a much more credible “data driven” leader if you can recognize regression to the mean.
It’s 2023. Can we filter out applicants who are “not technology people” for positions whose work is dependent on the ability to use technology?
Hey users… when IT changes things, follow their directions on using the new system.
Hey IT… when you change things, make sure to update users on how to use it.
“This will fix it” rarely does. Well in IT it often does… in education it never does.
Some of the longest explanations lead listeners to ask “so what?”
Content creation is to writing as delivery is to teaching.
The nature of our work changes when the tools change.
“Human cognition is not just influenced by culture and society, but it is in a very fundamental sense a cultural and social process.” -Edwin Hutchins
- On the web:
- https://hackscience.education/
Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation at a community college in New England
Retired k-12 science/ math/ technology teacher/ technology integration specialist/ coordinator
Joined Nov 2022
