Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Take the time to think of all the ways students could get an answer "correct" on a test. Then tell me how confident you are they are an accurate measure.

School leaders are not technology experts, so they hire IT experts. In many cases, school leaders are unprepared to provide leadership and supervision to them, so IT actually limits efficiency and effectiveness of technology-rich teaching, learning, and school operations.

Just because Excel provides it as a type of graph does not mean it is an effective way to present your data.

For technology to contribute to efficiently and effectively add value to organizations and its clients, it must function within the purpose of the organization in a sustainable manner.

If you live anywhere near New England, you need to be at the New England Educational Research Organizations Annual Conference in April.
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Science is open and transparent about the measurements and the instruments used to measure. Most other fields are closed and secretive about their date and its collection.

“If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.”
― Isaac Asimov

A student gets a question right on the test. You assume they know it. How can you tell they didn't just guess? Does it matter?

It never ceases to amaze me that employers will treat their employees poorly, then be incredulous hen they leave.

"How convenient to blame the poor and the hungry for their own condition – lest we be forced to blame our economic system or our government for an abject failure to secure a decent life for all people." - Stephen Jay Gould

Dealing with uncertainty is the least talked about essential skill.

“Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

“How do teachers stay motivated when teaching online?” Hmm… makes me curious about that teacher’s courses.

Novelty within predictability is good class design.

May we assume responsibility to build that future rather than having it foisted upon us.

A society with greater education tends to have a provide a better life for its members (I value lower child mortality, long life, greater equity, fewer wars, and similar benefits associated with greater education). Moving away from it threatens all of us.

Clear hierarchical relationships between students and teachers, the role of teacher as isolated expert, stable literacy skills, and well-established authorities as mediators of curriculum are examples of the structures and organizations that have served generations of educators that are being challenged by the landscape of social media.

The education like I received (40-50 years ago) is a far less value than it was. We need better models for our classrooms.

Educators have a responsibility to give students experience using IT... generative AI included.

"The technology doesn't work." We need to start checkin gout those claims. They are usually lying.