Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

It’s unfortunate that so many leaders never question their IT folks. I get why you don’t, but it is terrifically irresponsible.

A Short Rant on the Future of Education
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/15/a-short-rant-on-the-future-of-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

“I will rejoice in the multifariousness of nature and leave the chimera of certainty to politicians and preachers.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

#edtech for IT: Diagnostic Testing https://hackscience.net/2024/05/14/edtech-for-it-diagnostic-testing/

Years ago, I realized all judgements of my abilities to teach were going to be grounded in how my students performed on a single test. My job search began immediately.

“I’d prefer it to be true” is not evidence.

Teleological language when describing natural selection annoys me. It is so inaccurate and gives folks a false sense of how it works.

Competence over Compliance
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/14/competence-over-compliance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

We expect politicians to argue against straw men. When folks posing at academics do it, it is troubling.

“Everything is a technology.” Really? Many things can be applied to human purposes, but that doesn’t make them all technology.

Here is your reminder that technology you find comfortable may not be effective.

Substantive questions belong in the curriculum.

What happens when learning outside the classroom becomes more relevant to students?

Curriculum intended to teach everyone everything is too broad to teach anything.

Teachers and Mindsets
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/13/teachers-and-mindsets/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Hey school leaders... if your IT folks don't give special ed teachers, nurses, and other who deal with very sensitive data their own printers/ scanners/ copiers you need to make them. If you can't make them, you need to replace them.

Hey IT... let's not limit what people can do because it is easier for us to mange simple tools.

All technology is scary... until you realize what it can do for you... if you partner with it.

Over time, educators and IT professionals realized Wikipedia is about as reliable as other encyclopedias and there are many advantages to using it, including a wider collection of articles that are updated more frequently compared to printed encyclopedias.

Education for the Future
https://hackscience.education/2019/08/12/education-for-the-future/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon