Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

The cure for the misuse of science is not censorship, but clearer explanations, vigorous debates, and making science accessible to everyone. -Carl Sagan

Wicked problems are ill-defined & lack clear solutions, unlike tame problems. If these are foreign ideas, please look them up. Seriously. You can’t lead without knowing the difference. #WickedProblems #TameProblems #Education

“AI can facilitate a shift from teacher-centered learning to a model where the learner is an active agent and participant.” Sure, sure. Any idea how to make this happen?

I hear lots about how technology and AI will expand assessment, but all I ever see is more dynamic dashboards that don’t really tell us anything.

Traditional tests primarily measure short-term memory, which may not be the most relevant skill in an era of readily available and widely used information.

Evaluating students has changed significantly now that we have AI. Remember labs in high school? We are going to see a return to them.

Creativity is not using fancy fonts, colors, and adding pictures to presentations. It is putting ideas together that did not go together previously.

Conversation with a #teacher colleague: My friend in 10th grade taught me how to “play school.” From then in I got lots of questions right, but didn’t learn much.” #education #schooling #learning #learningfirst

A blog post with audio:
https://hackscience.education/2018/01/08/technology-stewardship/

Just because we use it in a certain way does not mean the inventor intended that use.

Effective use of generative AI requires a combination of theoretical understanding and practical skills, including prompt engineering, data management, and workflow integration.

Presenter to educators uses “epistemology” and “ontology” without being run out of the place... what is going on here?

A post for network security students... you can read it too!
https://buff.ly/4hwyAgN

The AI control problem is real, How do we ensure AI goals align with humanity's without unintended consequences?

An elevator pitch on bias in AI:
https://hackscience.education/2025/02/17/elevator-pitch-is-removing-explicit-personal-factors-enough-to-prevent-ai-bias/

Even the greatest scientific achievements are rooted in their cultural contexts. - Gould and Eldredge

Darwin wrote, “Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.”

Some ideas are beautiful and deserve to be true, but they are not.

“One must not confuse the fact that a structure is used in some way... with the primary evolutionary reason for its existence and conformation.” - Gould #biology

A new #digitaldivide is grounded in access to full OS computers with full-feature applications. folks folks have them and some folks don't. Everyone needs them. #edtech #edleadership #technology