Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

The first “picture phones” were rejected by consumers as they feared they were invasive? (To paraphrase David Nye in Technology Matters). What changed?

“We only think when confronted with a problem.”
― John Dewey

I think Dewey was on to something here... and I'm not sure #educators have figured this out yet. #teachers #schools #highschool #highschool #education #edchat #edreform

“A problem well put is half solved.”
― John Dewey

Unless of course, it is a wicked problem.

One of the most annoying things about working in education (but not as a teacher) is saying, "No, I'm a year-round employee. I don't get the breaks teachers do."

Any #education practice is appropriate for a subset of the curriculum and student population. It is only when we try to use a single strategy for every purpose that we fail.

Have you ever noticed most "change" just maintains current efforts?
I have.

Tsundoku is not my thing, I’ve read every book on my shelves. Downloading PDF’s and not reading them... that’s my superpower!

Long term memory benefits from writing it down or storing it on disk. Sight benefits from microscopes/ telescopes, etc.

Why are we so vehement math must be done without the tools designed to do it?

The problem with education is we don’t agree on what “learning” is... probably because it comes in so many varieties and often defies clear measurement (especially when it is going to be most useful to those who learned).

Let's start every teacher education lesson on grading with a lesson on Goodhart's law.

Any grading system can be used for nefarious purposes.

The college student submits a help ticket to the IT department requesting help with child care. The email looks suspicious... probably not legitimate... but... it is accurate for a large part of our student body. #highered #CommunityCollege

I reconnected with a former teacher colleague i his retirement career. We left education about 10 years ago. We both are very happy with the decision and continue to be dismayed at the state of education.

By making the problem/ idea/ concept/ task easier for your #students you also made it so dull, unimportant, and disconnected that no one cares enough to bother with it.

“Put the students first,” is *always* used to justify educational decisions. The more vehement the insistence it is “best for students,” the crummier the idea tends to be.

You would think we would be able to copy and paste between applications, platforms, editors without introducing lots of stray formatting. Or at least a warning that says “this has lots of hidden tags, should I paste as plain text?”

Have you ever noticed the things that really engage students are rarely those things “we all know students need?” (I’m thinking grades, a lecture, deadlines, measurable outcomes, textbooks, lessons tuned to their “learning style,” etc.).

Adult, working full time, parent who is a community college student already knows how to be organized... she probably doesn’t need our advice... at least that’s what she said in the student panel on remote learning.

Generative AI: We Are Getting What We Asked For
A blog post (with a snarky title and tone)
https://www.hackscience.education/generative-ai-we-are-getting-what-we-asked-for/

I encountered “capacity build” in a question... “How do we ‘capacity build’ for...?”

Let’s stop this use of that phrase. Immediately.