Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

When reviewing the applications for IT leaders, look to see if they have had a customer-facing role in your industry. If not move on. Well.. if you are interested in an IT department that prioritizes you organization's mission move on.

General purpose computers are marvelous (at least to someone who grew up without them). A single device to do all of these tasks. I mean, I'm wasting time listening to music, dooming scrolling, and sharing insights like this. If it wasn't for this thing, I'd be writing my book.

Your computer gives you the correct answer. It may not be what you want or need, but it is correct according to the rules it was programmed to follow.

Managing Extraneous Cognitive Load
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/08/managing-extraneous-cognitive-load/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

One should cooperate within increasing spheres to gain competitive advantage.

The Baldwin Effect: An Old Idea from Biology that Explains Organizational Learning
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/08/the-baldwin-effect-an-old-idea-from-biology-that-explains-organizational-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"“It can pay to cooperate if fates are intertwined.” - Erico Coen

There is rich evidence that cooperation rather than competition is a strategy associated with long-term survival of life.

Technologies serve human needs.

Data driven decision making is summarized as a step-by-step process: a) we administer a test, b) identify deficiencies as demonstrated in the data, c) take remediation actions to address those deficiencies, and d) find the deficiencies reduced when a test is again administered. Its also a myth.

#edtech for #edleaders: Understanding IT Management
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/08/edtech-for-edleaders-understanding-it-management/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries, they also make very poor observations.”

We often fool ourselves into thinking what we measure actually reflects what we want to know.

Good theories have heuristic power. They help us discover new things.

Science depends on interpreting observations as much as making them.

Doubting everything is pretty much the same as believing everything.

Ethics and Data Collection in Schools
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/07/ethics-and-date-collection-in-schools/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I know enough to realize a single data point is meaningless.

Learning New Technologies
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/05/learning-new-technologies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Want to make a "data-driven" leader stare blankly? Ask them how they corrected for race, gender, income, or any other relevant variable.