Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Do your research” and “read my echo chamber” are not the same thing.

I taught science in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s (before moving to edtech for the next 30 years and counting). I kept the best collection of pirated TV shows from PBS!

Yeah, say what you will about generative AI... it is a pretty good editor.

We all “write it right” the first time, but gremlins come it at night and change it to text that needs significant revision… those gremlins need to stop.

The problem is (at least in my experience), folks bastardize the system, then complain it doesn’t work.

I’m very happy that folks smarter than I am are willing to ask me questions and challenge me.

If your ideas suck, get better ones.

A blog post focusing on cloud computing in schools and the ethics of using them in schools:
https://www.hackscience.education/the-ethics-of-educational-platforms-data-privacy-and-technoethical-audits/

A blog post differentiating school IT from business IT. Generate by AI from a chapter form a book I published a few years ago:
https://www.hackscience.education/not-your-average-user-why-school-it-is-different-from-business-it/

I’m at that age when my wife (we were in high school together) talk about people, places, and events; and no one knows what we are laughing about.

Yes, you have freedom of speech, but do do those who are shouting you down.

Yes, I know your position. No, that does not mean I have to agree with your ideas.

I taught for decades. I now have a “real job,” but still in education. I always work through my lunch. Colleagues find this very unusual.

The most rigorous self-proclaimed “data-driven” leaders tend to be troubled the most by the question “how do you know?”

When you start believing your own “data” you are doomed.

“If we do this, that will happen.”
Nature often disagrees.

The dysfunction in an organization is proportional to the number of members who “pass the buck.”

You can tell much about leaders by watching their actions at “mission critical” events. In education, watch them interact with students.

If one can only use math to answer questions on a test, does one really know math?

There is nothing that makes a teacher smile more than seeing a former student (who was a pain) dealing with their misbehaving children in public.