Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Privacy is a myth in the digital age. Our data is constantly being harvested and sold without our consent.

“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.”
― Carl Sagan

“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth."
― Daniel Kahneman

“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.”
― Douglas Adams

I've been watching hockey on TV lately (my son works for the team). The dead pixels on the screen really look like a puck.

Smartphones are supposed to make life easier, but they often distract us from the present moment. Are we losing our ability to focus? We know adults are losing to ability to focus, children are learning this from their parents.

Innovation is exciting, but we must ensure it doesn’t come at the cost of ethical considerations.

Can you be "data-driven" and now know what a t-test is?

“Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.”
― Albert Einstein

New podcast episode. AI-generated based on a chapter from my 2015 book.
https://buff.ly/4dUzOQd

Don't be the Department of "No" #technology #edtech #schools #edleadership #teaching
https://buff.ly/40mJKPs

We had generative AI use the college catalog to create a podcast intended to encourage students to enroll in the accounting programs. It was fantastic... until it said students could take a whole series of very interesting courses that are not offered at the school.

“Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice.”
― Michael Crichton

“The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
― Carl Sagan

Access to data isn't an issue. Its quality is,

Perhaps the most impressive capacities of computers are those related to information manipulation and analysis. Computers can remember with precision and longevity, and computers can follow algorithms at billions of steps per second.

Is it asking for your credentials (your username and password), money (in any form including credit card information), or information about you or others? Ignore it.

Educators return from a conference excited about the new digital tools they learned about. How the IT leaders handle this situation is important.

Hey IT... you don't know you users as deeply as you think. Listen to them.