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
One of the perennial complaints of educators is that information technology systems they use at school are not configured for easy use; one of the perennial complaints of technicians is that educators do not use the systems as designed.
"AI can give feedback to students, thus encouraging active learning." This seems to be grounded on a weak concept of active learning.
English biologist D’Arcy Thompson observed “We have come to the edge of a world of which we have no experience, and where all of our preconceptions must be recast” in the early 1940s. He was talking about DNA and how it was changing biology. It sure is true about education today.
Hey.. guess what? We all have calculators with us all day everyday.
I guess I was right that my math students should learn how to use them well.
Today, I put in the scrap pile some overhead projectors. I remember being envious of the teachers who had them.
Declarative and procedural knowledge is time, but it that is all you teach, you are doing it wrong.
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?
- 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
