Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I heard a colleague complain about the stressful morning they had preparing the data they were going to share. Friends, it was 10 slide with pie charts.

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: the folks who complain the most are the least competent.

The indignation at decisions makes me conclude you are just a whiner.

On Design and Research
https://hackscience.education/2019/05/13/on-design-and-research/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Advances are rapid. Change is slow."

Sure, but in the time it takes to change, thea advances may become dangerous.

"We want your feedback. We will consider it for next time."

Yeah... we don't believe you.

Go into a classroom where students are using computers. Do you hear only mouse clicks? The teacher is doing it wrong.

Sometimes I look at my QWERTY keyboard and shake my head.

I worked for a year in a school that had at least one think-pair-share activity at every single meeting. I'm just getting over the trauma. There are other ways to do get folks.

What Gould Wrote about Data
https://hackscience.education/2019/05/12/what-gould-wrote-about-data/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Uncritical adoption.... uninformed rejection.

Neither is good.

"We are all beholden to dysfunctional systems."
Truer sentences are rarely spoken.

Lost wages are a cost of education for many of our students.

"Completion matters, but so does learning."

This almost seems apocryphal.

If folks react to your direct reports with phrases like"that's just x being x" when they are a jerk toward colleagues or clients, you need to do your job.

Hey IT... standardization is great for you, but it doesn't always work to users. You gotta be flexible.

Interaction in Virtual Classrooms
https://hackscience.education/2019/05/10/interaction-in-virtual-classrooms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Actually AI can sometimes generate text that is spot-on:
"Technology is a tool. In the hands of those who know how to use it, it can be a bridge to understanding. In the wrong hands, it can be a weapon of misinformation. The choice is ours."

Teachers can plan all they want, but it isn't until you try it with this group of students at that particular time, they have no idea how it will turn out.

Just because it has been around for a long time doe snot mean it is good.