Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Planning and Goals
https://hackscience.education/2019/07/16/planning-and-goals-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.”
― Charles Darwin

Who else is actually looking forward to getting political polling calls? It is so obvious what they are trying to get to on the questions that I will answer the questions designed to get the same data in the opposite wat they I answered the previous one.. My guess is they have way to weed out jerks like me.

QR codes were supposed to change everything, then they disappeared for 10 years, now they are everywhere.

There is a situation more common in schools (all schools, including higher ed) that leaders are willing to admit (at least publicly): the IT systems are too difficult to use, and they do not provide the capacity that teachers and students need, but they are unwilling to confront the existing IT folks about it.

On Facts
https://hackscience.education/2019/07/15/on-facts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

If it wasn't for cherry-picking, some would have to data at all.

Are you interested in an individual? a cohort? a population? What data you gather and how you interpret it isn't the same.

"What works" depends on what you mean, how you measure , how you analyze the data you collect.

The curriculum is assumed to be well-know and clearly defined (it isn’t–unless one accepts textbook publishers’ profit-driven judgments).

Great intervention... you realize it was developed for a very specific subpopulation and never intended for general instruction, right?

ePortfolios: What? Why?
https://hackscience.education/2019/07/15/eportfolios-what-why/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Instruction is assumed to be reliable (it isn’t—at least when we really look and ask).

Assessment is assumed to be valid (it isn’t—really, we have no tests measure or what students will be able to do once they leave school).

Hey IT users... it's been 30 years... ya gotta start taking some responsibility for helping yourself.

Paradigms
https://hackscience.education/2019/07/11/paradigms/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.”
― Charles Darwin

“Great is the power of steady misrepresentation”
― Charles Darwin

Just because your experience was one way does not mean that is the “right” way for teaching, learning, or schooling to occur.

In multiple interviews for technology coordinator positions at schools, I have made it clear that my priorities are resolving IT issues for students first, and I have seen the school administrators react negatively to that answer. If I notice that reaction, I will usually withdraw from consideration.