Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

For a group that holds “learn from your mistakes” as a mantra, many educators are surprisingly loath to admit them.

Recent listening suggests ZZ Tops' Fandango is the best live album ever released.

My generation survived high school with Cliff Notes. It gave us as much knowlegde of the readings as AI summaries give you knowledge of what happened at the meeting.

AI sumarizes of meetings allow those who are present to not pay attention.

In online meetings it is very important that you get to the point!

“Free and open exchange” and “taking conspiracy theories seriously” are not the same.

When you have been "taught" to distrust authority, then you become incapable of critically evaluating the credibility of messages.

We need a word for the random pile of books that appear when searching for references... I’m thinking it’s some kind of cairn.

“Vague, but interesting.” This may characterize some of the most important and innovative things we undertake.

“The stock market is not the economy” and “test scores are not learning” need to be recognized as congruent statements.

“But what do you mean by learning?” Yeah... most people—including educators who work in the same school—have wildly different answers to that question.

Philanthropists dabbling in #education never ends well.

“Listening to” and “learning from” are not the same.

If your students do well on tests, but are bored and not curious, have you accomplished anything?

“Education is a big business and it is flooded with entrepreneurs,” is and accurate statement. The most distressing part of this is the active role educators play in nurturing them.

Popular and high-quality are not the same... especially when evaluating information.

As computers become central to learning, everyone involved in IT management must step up to understand the complex services that keep schools running.

Schools aren't homes. Leaders must differentiate between consumer, business, and enterprise networks to manage the complexities of large-scale systems.

Gone are the days when school leaders could ignore the "tech stuff." Understanding IT services is now vital for effective school management and modern teaching.

Protecting school data is a top priority. Devices like the unified threat management appliance guard against malware and hackers, while the gateway connects everyone to the web.