Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

What Small and Vorgan Wrote About Brains and Technology
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/14/what-small-and-vorgan-wrote-about-brains-and-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Some have concluded that the Internet-connected computer represents the realization of John Milton’s Areopagitica-- the ability to speak without censorship.

Writing and print is associated with empowerment of those who are skilled users of writing, and the marginalization of those who are illiterate or less skilled readers and writers.

"In the 1980’s recreation computer users were writing programs to satisfy their own interests and curiosities, and the mythical “computer nerd” emerged (and that stereotype was largely based in the reality of the population who used computers)." I was there. This is accurate.

Technology must be appropriately designed , properly configured. reasonably supported. If it fails to meet any of these conditions, then it cannot function, but unless it meets all three then it cannot function.

Some students are not eating so they can buy textbooks... for your class.

What Mark Deuze Wrote About Navigating a World Dominated by Digital Media
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/14/what-mark-deuze-wrote-about-navigating-a-world-dominated-by-digital-media/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Task completion goals are behavioristic; students may be completing the tasks as specified, but there is little attention paid to the purpose of the tasks or the use of the lesson beyond the immediate need to complete the task.

How Writing Changed Society
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/12/how-writing-changed-society/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Causes and effects are not clearly bounded and the connections between them are incompletely and inaccurately known.

It is through well-developed tacit knowledge that humans understand which problems to solve and how to apply the capacity of technology to solve problems and how to interpret ambiguous results.

An important aspect of navigating the information task landscape is recognizing the difference between tasks well suited for technology and those well suited for humans. Well-designed curriculum will provide learners with experience applying technology as appropriate, developing and refining the human-only capacities, and understanding of the differences.

"Computers cannot, however, replace all aspects of human cognition." I wrote this 10 years ago. I still believe it to be true, but the list is getting smaller.

What Steven Johnson Wrote About Popular Culture
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/11/what-steven-johnson-wrote-about-popular-culture/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

My first computer arrived on my desktop about 10 years before the Internet became available to consumers, so the only data in my computer were those that I created or those that I loaded using floppy disks.

On Computer Memory https://hackscience.education/2024/01/23/on-computer-memory/

Consider the overhead projector was presented as an educational innovation when I was a younger teacher.

Efforts to improve curriculum are usually focused on identifying new information that needs to be delivered; efforts to improve instruction focus primarily on improving the efficiency of information delivery. This is misguided in many cases.

Types of Professional Development: Awareness Presentation https://hackscience.education/2024/01/22/types-of-professional-development-awareness-presentation/

Kuhnian Paradigms
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/11/kuhnian-paradigms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon