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
Throughout the industrial age and into the information age, most of the knowledge and skills necessary to be literate and numerate were relatively known and stable. Now... it changes every few years... or months.
What that we all assume to be true will be rejected in the next 10 years? 100 years?
Modularity. The fats that many systems comprise relatively independent subsystems allows for improvement
If teachers say they need a change in IT, but IT does not want to make it, who "wins?"
I live in New England. On my drive home today, there were several places where steam was coming out of the woods. Tasty time are upon us.
School technology systems must allow for educators to explore new tools while encountering few obstacles and provide for rapid deployment of or access to good resources quickly all while securing data and systems within the limits of time and budget.
“I don’t care what the network lets me do, as long as I know what we can do and it works every time. Otherwise, I won’t trust it enough to plan my lessons around it.” IT and school leaders must understand this reality from teachers.
In schools and beyond, vast amounts of information is stored in public spaces, so infinite information is now available to teachers and students.
Marginalia... the notes previous readers have left in my books... are among the best reasons to by and read used books.
Modern digital devices represent extreme aeropagetica. Whereas access to mass media was controlled by the expense of printing or broadcasting a few decades ago, any of the billions individuals who carry a smart phone can capture an image or video and publish it to a world-wide audience quickly (measured in seconds) and inexpensively (margin cost is near zero).
"I'm not going to start seeds too early this year" is what I said in January.
It's March. Do I have too many plants under my grow lights?
The invention of digital electronic computers during World War II signaled the beginning of a transformation in how humans interact with information; that transformation accelerated with the arrival of personal computers in the late 1970’s, and accelerated even more with the opening of the Internet to general populations.
"Audio books are not reading." Sure, but they are a fantastic way to interact with books... and isn't that the point?
One if the big reasons I ear from educators for not adopting OER is there are no ancillary materials. I've been reviewing those materials from several publishers. They seem a very poor reason to use a textbook.
When businesses merge, they try to convert one's IT system to the other. It never works out well for customers or clients. I suggest textbook companies are an excellent example.
I’m not as bothered by the fact that “fake information” exists as I am that folks don’t seem to care if it is.
Data is boring. Information a little more interesting. Meaning. Yes, that interests me.
- 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
