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
"What could possibly go wrong?"
Much more that you will admit.
The technologies developed in one area for one population may not be accepted in other populations or have the same result.
To minimize the damage done to data by errors in measurement, scientists make measurements in large numbers. Taken together, the measurements will tend to group around the “real” value. This is incompatible with educational data, thus many errors remain... and are generally disregarded when the data are analyzed.
Look at your test and the answers students gave. Can you idfferentiate those who knew the answers and those who guessed? Do you care?
@freeschool Any chance you can resend the audio file? For some ready. It won’t play on mobile or desktop for me.
Do you want to understand a school? Talk to leaders. Talk to students. When there is a difference in what they report, believe the students.
Cognition in social settings is far more useful and productive than isolated cognition; this is what make everyone smarter than anyone. (Yes, I know there are exceptions.)
“What worked for me will work for them,” is the misguided reasoning.
If education was simply an engineering problem, it would have been solved decades ago.
Over my career, I have adopted the role of skeptic with regards to technology. Whenever anything new comes along, I look at it carefully and I must become convinced there is a compelling reason to adopt it.
A colleague's community college student is in search of data for an independent study:
http://tinyurl.com/yugmsno2
Can you spare a minute to complete it?
Because discussion is political, the participants are not compelled to cite evidence, be logical, or reasonable , thus it is an unresolvable activity.
One thing I've learned during 35 years in education: Leaders generally fear highly competent teachers and staff.
Consequences are often unintended.
- 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
