Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

I’ve been thinking about networks, and it occurred to me education focuses so much on naming nodes. The real action is interactions and relationships between nodes, but we ignore ‘em.

I don’t care what the research says, I’m more productive when my office is filled with Bach.

What if our classroom tasks were as messy as real-world tasks?

So much that is “data driven” turns out to be “myth driven.”

Don’t overestimate the power of data. Sound interpretation of data is far more useful.

Seriously... if you want to regain your writing skills, read excellent writers. Ernst Mayer is working for me right now..

A blog post on accessibility, now with audio:
https://www.hackscience.education/edtech-for-it-accessibility/

Learning in one of the most complex systems we have identified, yet many educators approach it as a simple unidirectional transfer of information.

I just noticed “correlated” (one of those words I can never seem to spell is “co” and “related”, but with an extra “r.” Now, if I can only remember that.

Teachers who conflate “scoring well on assessments” and “learning” are starting to annoy me.

If you only deal with “data and facts,” ignoring interpretation and theory, then you aren’t building any evidence.

The real scientific method begins with, “I don’t know,” and ends in much the same way, but twhat is unknown is different.

Yeah, I think educators have a greater responsibility than ever to apply critical thinking skills (similar to those they want their students to develop) to the curriculum they teach... and call out the “stuff” that shouldn’t be there.

I received.a message from senior leaders that came from the legal folks regarding accessibility.

It was not accessible.

What if you are an educator, who did your job and taught an incomplete, inaccurate, inappropriate curriculum? I used to think that could be excused... now... not so much.

A blog post on #leadership in #education
https://www.hackscience.education/strategy-and-execution/

Avoid single reasons and single villains.

I’m trying new strategy for expanding my professional library... if the table of contents resembles something I would write, I skip it. Self-reinforcing libraries are echo chambers too.