Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

If you can’t describe how your system is likely to fail, then you don’t understand it.

One of the major problems for teachers has always been knowing what students have learned. Their behavior on tests and similar products isn’t as reliable as we think.

Good learning outcomes are more for teachers’ planning and design than for students’ learning.

What We Know About Effective Teachers #2
https://hackscience.education/2019/09/18/what-we-know-about-effective-teachers-2/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy."
— Carl Sagan

What We Know About Effective Teachers #1
https://hackscience.education/2019/09/17/what-we-know-about-effective-teachers-1/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."
— Carl Sagan

“The originator of an idea cannot be held responsible for egregious misuse of his theory.”
― Stephen Jay Gould

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
— Carl Sagan

Hey leaders... that expertise you seek... it probably exists in your organization.

If you are trying to rebuild what your tore down, maybe you quit being a "leader."

Pay attention, If folks roll their eyes when you start talking about what excites you then maybe you need to rethink it.

if the knowledge is only valuable in your classroom, why are you bothering?

Seriously. Prove it or shut up.

Thinking About Jerome Bruner Again
https://hackscience.education/2019/10/10/thinking-about-jerome-bruner-again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

You can think whatever you want, but please don’t be offended when folks prove you wrong.

People who are inconsistent with their thinking annoy me.

I just read Dolly Parton once said, “Don’t be a dumbass.” I have a new found respect for her.

Prove it. Prove it or shut up.

“Fair” doesn’t mean you get your way. It means you are treated according to the rules.