Dr. Gary Ackerman
@garyackermanphd.bsky.social
Teaching. Learning. Technology.
https://hackscience.education
Political science
40%
Sociology
22%
“We came from monkeys” is proof your comments about biology do not warrant attention.
Answers to math, physics, chemistry tests really don’t matter. It’s what happens in nature that matters.
I’m an atheist working in a public institution. One new colleague has taken to saying “god bless you” at the end of each conversation. It really annoys me.
Some things need to be repeated: “Personal incredulity is not evidence.”
Can we start calling it what it is? Drivel is my proposed word.
I support online teaching. I get "I hope you are having a good weekend... can you fix this before 8:00 on Monday?" emails over the weekend.
Great blog. No I won’t share it because of the excessive advertising.
One reason science is skeptical of “old home remedies” is it is designed to provide causal explanations. It isn’t enough to conclude “this happens,” they seek to know “why it happens.”
Every technological innovation become obsolete.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
- Galileo Galilei
- Galileo Galilei
Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.
- John Dewey
- John Dewey
Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.
- John Dewey
- John Dewey
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview - nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Stephen Jay Gould
“You did a great job and we’d like you to do it again this year” is leader speak for “I have no idea what you did, but no one complained.”
Can we stop with using natural selection as a model for change in society? It’s a terrible metaphor.
Don’t conflate your prejudices with facts.
If you claim objectivity, you demonstrate you are not.
“If I can’t see it, it’s not real.” Yeah… I’m just going to walk away.
One thing I learned during 35+ years in education: “Grade level” is a vacuous construct.
When IT problems affect school leaders, they get solved. If those problems remain for students and teachers, then it’s time to run.
I work in education and have since 1988. I’m used to leaders freaking out when their data demonstrates they were wrong.
The college president announced no vacations will be approved for mid-August through mid-September next year. Some folks are upset, I’m wondering who was taking vacations then anyways.
Leaders: We would like you to do x.
Teachers: That makes it impossible to do y, which is what you told us to do last month.
Leaders: No, keep doing y, but just do x too.
This, my friends, is how schools work.
Teachers: That makes it impossible to do y, which is what you told us to do last month.
Leaders: No, keep doing y, but just do x too.
This, my friends, is how schools work.
If you became a teacher because you like answers, you are missing the point of education.
As a writer, I know my audience… or at least the one individual whom I have in mind who really needs to read my work.
We used to depend on an editor “giving permission” for us to read text by approving publication. Now, anyone can publish. Is it better?
I’m always amazed at the number of educators who are not bothered by advertisements on YouTube video used in classrooms.
Without artificial light, many books would go unread.
“Can someone come to my classroom immediately, my computer monitor is broken.”
Tech walks in and turns it on.
That, my friends, is why IT looses patience on occasion.
Tech walks in and turns it on.
That, my friends, is why IT looses patience on occasion.