Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Is it what your organization needs or is it the safe course of action?

How do we tell?

"Deceipt as a weapon has a long history."

Sure can't argue against that.

Its still interesting to me that many educators assume their students are "blank slates." Their social experiences in and out of school, physical environments, social environments , biology (but lets not get to eugenics) are all factors that matter.

Perhaps the most important skill for teachers is breaking down the barriers to social connection among all participants in their courses.

What observation would prove you wrong? If you can’t answer this, you can’t call yourself “data-driven.”

There is no problem in education that can’t be fixed by hiring a new administrator. Argh… autocorrect!!! It changed “created” to “fixed” in this tweet.

Humans are social learners. We learn from others and they learn from us. Does this suggest we have a responsibility to the other in the classes we join?

One thing I learned during 30 years as a teacher: there are educators who believe that if a method works for one student, it must be used for all.

Message to users: please complain to IT. Most of us want our systems that meet your needs

I wanted to give a copy of my book to a former colleague. We were in her office, so she had to find some change in her desk and buy it from me as the publisher’s price exceeded the value of gifts she could accept as a public employee.

Seriously. Don’t read your slides when presenting.

Lesson #1 for public speaking: Don’t “complain” you didn’t have time to prepare.

I wanted to give a copy of my book to a former colleague. We were in her office, so she had to find some change in her desk and buy it from me as the publisher’s price exceeded the value of gifts she could accept as a public employee.

Can we finally agree more information doesn’t change minds?

Will generative AI bring back Microsoft Bob?

Curiosity. Without it, we don't learn.

So much “narrative” is really mythology.

“I taught it, but they didn’t learn it.”

Did you? Did you really?

One thing I learned during 30 years as a teacher: when administration investigated itself, no wrongdoing is ever found.

I’m starting to calculate the time I waste seeing advertisements when online and it’s causing me to rethink the time I spend in the virtual world.