Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Multimodal distributions are usually interpreted as “we measured something other than what we claimed.” Think about that when you look at a bunch of "0s" and a bunch on "not 0s" in the gradebook and conclude "this students doesn't know the material."

When making decisions and modifying IT systems, school IT professionals (like those in every business) must adapt to users’ perceptions, especially of the ease of use and effectiveness of the systems.

Generative AI will come for some of our jobs. It seems the best strategy for those who seek to stay employed is to develop and refine the skills that cannot be easily done by AI. What exactly those are and how they can be used to stay employed we cannot really tell.

The designers have their concept of the problem they are solving, but once it gets into the hands of users, they determine which problems it will solve, how the solutions are realized, and what is done with it that the designer never imagined.