Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@social.cleverlibre.org

I'm old enough to remember when uploading stuff to you web site meant launching an ftp client.

If you are going to record content, make it worked examples or something useful other than you lectures.

Did we ever decide.... Should we ban and confiscate cell phones? Integrate them? Allow them at prescribed times?

In nature, our brains are easily distracted and that helped our ancestors from being eaten.

Common sense, our own experiences, and the research tell us so.

Still many leaders seem unconvinced.

Students who use digital resources show greater skill in creative thinking, collaboration, leadership, and similar tacit skills employers identify as important for today’s workers.

Access to digital tools can improve the efficiency of school operations.

Improvement is worthy, even if the results are not perfection.

People who just “play” on their computers assume that anyone else who is using a computer is just playing.

Both adults and youngsters gain a sense of control over technology when they learn to get a computer to do what they want... that's why we should teach coding.

Elevator Pitch: Teaching is Political https://hackscience.education/2023/12/24/elevator-pitch-teaching-is-political/

Different problems require different data, which require different methods.

The problem with accepting the advice of members of the organization is that leaders alienate that who have crummy ideas.

Nonlinear can be directional.

"By its very nature, a system of government schools for which everyone must pay but which only the most politically powerful can control is doomed to failure.” Yup, can't argue with that conclusion.

If it wasn't for tautologies, some folks would have no evidence at all.

Plan all you want, until you put technology in the hands of users, you have no idea what it is all about.

“We tend not to be dispassionate observers.”

Yup, pretty much.

IT is increasingly "mission critical," yet many leaders are still content to leave IT decision making to IT folks. These decisions require the input of lots of folks.

Communication problems in you organization are not solved through improved technology.