Dr. Gary L. Ackerman

Appropriate Proper Reasonable

A podcast about technology in schools hosted by Dr. Gary L. Ackerman Season 1 features episodes I recorded myself, with some including questions or prompts that were created with a text to speech tool. Season 2 features episodes that were created using the two-voice deep dive conversation tool in Notebook LM. https://hackscience.education Help Me Clean Out My Library-- See the books I have listed on eBay

Author

Dr. Gary L. Ackerman

Category

Education

Podcast website

hackscience.education

Latest episode

Jul 5, 2026

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Episodes

72: Life Teaches a Teacher 07.04.2025

A blog featuring an article I wrote in 2008 about what I learned after a stroke. https://hackscience.education/2018/04/25/how-i-spent-my-summer-life-teaches-a-teacher/

71: The Three Agogos 29.03.2025

A blog post on pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy: https://hackscience.education/2019/09/06/the-three-agogos/

70: Vygotsky and the Zone of Proximal Development 23.03.2025

A blog post on an important idea about learning: https://hackscience.education/2018/05/22/vygotsky-and-the-zone-of-proximal-development/

69: IT Goes Mainstream: Generational Shift in Technology Use 23.03.2025

A blog post on changing patterns of technology use: https://hackscience.education/2018/04/03/it-goes-mainstream-the-most-influential-trend-in-recent-generations/

68: #edtech for Educational Leaders: Choose Two 17.03.2025

A blog post with audio: Edtech for Edleaders: Choose Two

67: Four Types of Personalized Learning 16.03.2025

A blog post, now with and audio deep dive. https://hackscience.education/2018/04/30/personalized-learning-four-types/

66: Direct Closure & #edtech Repairs 07.03.2025

A blog post on how IT should fix how they fix #edtech problems along with audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/03/09/cold-closure-in-edtech-repairs/

64: Situational Awareness in Instructional Design 02.03.2025

A blog post on how we address concerns in instructional design: https://hackscience.education/2018/03/28/situational-awareness-in-instructional-design/

63: Four Prepositions Framing #edtech 28.02.2025

A blog post with AI-generated audio. See if you can find the errors!

62: Progressive Discourse 27.02.2025

A blog post on progressive discourse with AI-generated audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/02/13/progressive-discourse/

61: Frameworks Defined 23.02.2025

Blog post with new AI-generated audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/02/20/frameworks-defined/

60: Four Prepositions for EdTech 18.02.2025

A blog post with audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/02/28/four-prepositions-framing-edtech/

59: Technology Stewards 16.02.2025

A blog post on technology stewards with audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/01/08/technology-stewardship/

58: Solving Wicked Problems 16.02.2025

A blog post with and AI generated deep-dive on one of my favorite topics: wicked problems and how we solve them.' https://hackscience.education/2018/01/15/solving-wicked-problems/

57: Technology and Humans 16.02.2025

A blog post with audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/01/15/humans-as-technology-using-creatures/

56: "Activation Energy" and Instructional Technology 13.02.2025

A blog post now with audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/01/17/activation-energy-and-instructional-technology/

55: Reflexivity 13.02.2025

An audio version of a blog post: https://hackscience.education/2018/01/18/reflexivity-in-technology-rich-teaching-and-learning/

54: Cognitive Lod Theory 09.02.2025

A blog post on cognitive load theory with audio: https://hackscience.net/2018/03/08/cognitive-load-theory/ and https://hackscience.education/2017/12/04/the-lens-of-cognitive-load/

53: Use-Inspired Research in Educational Technology 06.02.2025

A podcast now with the audio: https://hackscience.education/2018/01/11/use-inspired-research/

52: I > C > A > P 02.02.2025

A blog post with AI-generated audio deep-dive on four types of learning: https://hackscience.education/2019/09/20/i-c-a-p/

51: Edtech for Edleaders: What Computers Do 02.02.2025

A podcast with a new audio deep-dive: https://hackscience.education/2018/06/11/edtech-for-edleaders-what-computers-do /

50: Educational Design Research: A Planning Tool for Schools 25.01.2025

Yet another updated podcast with audio: https://hackscience.education/2017/12/11/educational-design-research-an-emerging-planning-tools/

49: Technology Acceptance-- Understanding Decisions to Use IT 25.01.2025

A digital deep dive based on a blog post about technology acceptance model: https://hackscience.education/2017/12/12/technology-acceptance-understanding-decisions-to-use-it/

48: Organizational Frames 22.01.2025

A deep-dive on a blog post that focused on Bolman & Deal's organizational frames: https://hackscience.education/2017/12/13/organizational-frames/ Bolman, L, & Deal, T. (2008). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Josey-Bass.

47: The (Overturned) Standard Model of Education 20.01.2025

A deep-dive of a blog post about learning: https://hackscience.education/2017/12/26/the-overturned-standard-model-of-education/

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