Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Because it is free” is rarely a good reason to make a technology decision... the value of open source is grounded in other characteristics... the cost of “free” is rarely recognized.

Hey teachers and educators... don’t say “I’m not a tech/ math/ whatever” person. Students are listening... and so are people who really value those fields. You demonstrate you lack the capacity to learn (and judge situations) that we must model.

Saying, "I'm aware of the time," then continuing the meeting is not a good leadership style.

“One dimensional quantification” of complex phenomena is a temptation the wisest among us resist

What if optimal decisions don’t exist?

Abstract has a 50 word limit. My first draft is in at 49... the first draft is the final draft. That’s my win for today.

“Materials are core participants in educational practice” seems a correct, but often unrecognized, reality.

Our collective rejection of science is very distressing.

I’m convinced deliverables—the things that will exist when we are done—are more important than goals in focusing work.

I’ve been reading some of the business and leadership literature... not academic literature, but the stuff written for practitioners... I’ve concluded it is even more vacuous than that written for practicing educators.

Yeah, don’t try to tell me “it’s for science,” when it isn’t. I can tell the difference.

Is integration contrary to innovation?

When problems get difficult, we turn to other humans, not information sources or tools.

MOOC’s are not a substitute for classes... they never really were... you comparisons and dismissal of them demonstrates you miss the point.

If you can easily do it yourself, why use a computer?

OK, if your solution to fixing your LMS integration is for me to roll back my version of the LMS, l’m not going to.

Framing and asking questions... interpreting and valuing results... these are the human behaviors that should focus our educational systems.

Technology allows users to accomplish tasks with far less effectiveness, but far more efficiency than ever before.

I know it’s creepy, but I do like being able to log on to systems with my finger print or facial recognition.

Until we had flat and reliable roads, wheels were pretty much useless for transportation. There are still large swaths of land where wheels are useless.