Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Please don't claim to be an inclusive institution when your senior leaders refuse to use microphones when they are provided.

If you can see new problems, you will not be replaced by AI.

"How does AI work?"
The question was asked in the student forum, nit the faculty forum.

Seriously... If someone else assumes responsibility for a project your first reached out to me about, then stop including me on the emails.

Support of educational technology is a multidimensional aspect of school leadership. Too often it is just handed off to a single person or team.

All that work you did to make the graphs look fancy obfuscated the message.

"Actionable" is the business speak that I find most silly.

Sure, you might have lots of data, but if it isn't accurate, what is the point?

One thing I learned during 35 years in education: Leaders usually have no idea this year's initiative is contrary to last year's initiative.

Achievement is useless without learning.

“There is no authority who decides what is a good idea.”
― Richard Feynman

Ask your students ... and believe what they say... they know much more that your think!

“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.”
― Richard P. Feynman

“If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part.”
― Richard P. Feynman

30+ years in education has made me come to know expertise is regularly rejected.

Hype... it's got a cycle. Knowing where you are saves much consternation.

A podcast episode based on a chapter I published a few years ago.
https://buff.ly/402LT2K
Ackerman, G. (2018). Open source online learning in rural communities. In I. Bouchrika, N. Harrati, & P. Vu. Handbook of research on learner experience and usability in online education. IGI-Global.

“Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.”
― Isaac Asimov

While claiming to be “data-driven,” educators are incredibly sloppy with our collection, analysis, management, and reporting of data.

When students ask "Why are we doing this?" Many teachers speculate at their motivation: “Are they trying to distract me?” “Are they trying to get out of doing work?” “Are they challenging my authority?” are all reasonable interpretations of the question.