Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

We assume that everyone should learn what we learned and how we learned it. (This may be true, but it may not be true.)

We assume everyone’s experience in school was like ours. (It was not—even for classmates.)

Public schools are prepared to enroll all students in the service area (except for those students with very specific and intensive special needs) and provide a comprehensive curriculum intended to prepare students for a wide range of educational or vocational opportunities once they graduate.

School is a much different workplace than it is a learning place.

There is often a period of adjustments as IT professionals, and all other adults who take jobs in schools, realize it is not what they expected.

Versions of Deeper Learning
https://hackscience.education/2020/01/21/versions-of-deeper-learning/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

i'm old enough to remember when we made extra copies of materials for students because some students lost them... and the silly teachers who thought not making extras was "teaching them a lesson."

Students’ motivation, their cultural expectations, the interactions they have with peers, and the interactions they have with faculty and other educators are all important factors in how and what students learn.

Once words are divorced from their original meaning, they can mean whatever you like. Ideas in education are a perfect example.

Laggardly is a great word.

A Short Personal History in Education
https://hackscience.education/2020/01/03/a-short-personal-history-in-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Conspiracy theories are so tiresome.

Cybersecurity is to adults as game design is to teenagers.

I just saw a tweet “this is how I deleted my digital footprint.” 🤦‍♂️

Digital libraries are disappointing. I appreciate full-text databases when I can retrieve the contents of articles returned in my searches, but I am that researcher who forgets to check the “full-text” only options, so I am teased by the results.

Technology introduces as many problems as it fixes.

Contingencies and School Structures: A Short Rant
https://hackscience.education/2020/01/01/contingencies-and-school-structures-a-short-rant/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

First one who define learning as the ability to remember stuff annoy me. Sure that part of it, but if we stop there, then our students will not be well-served.

Here is your regular reminder that audio books are reading too.

Humans have used technology to support cognition for a long time—a very long time. We will adjust to the most recent inventions too.