Tech for Educators: Planning and Installing Networks: hackscience.education
","summary":"Enterprise networks are incredibly sophisticated and complex systems. They combine hardware and network software that must be scaled for hundreds or thousands of users on campus. There are three adjectives that describe every network if it is in a school or any other business: Ensuring a network is...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/tech-for-educators-planning-and-installing-networks/","date_published":"2026-04-16T14:04:00+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"14:04","date_timestamp":1776348240,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88269316","content_html":"A Response to “Is Schoolwork Optional Now?”: hackscience.education
","summary":"“Is Schoolwork Optional Now?” showed up in my feed recently. It is an article by Lila Shroff that appeared in The Atlantic (in the online version) on April 10, 2026. The article should cause concern for educators. They will read how AI has been used to complete schoolwork. The rationale behind the d...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/a-response-to-is-schoolwork-optional-now/","date_published":"2026-04-14T18:39:13+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 18:39","date_timestamp":1776191953,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88177117","content_html":"Tech for Educators: Three Classes of Networks: hackscience.education
","summary":"Ethernet is the dominant network technology used in schools (and just about every other organization). When connecting computers and other devices to Ethernet, we use the same protocols and the same devices no matter how many nodes are connected. The devices we use to create computer networks are de...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/tech-for-educators-three-classes-of-networks/","date_published":"2026-04-13T13:50:00+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-13 13:50","date_timestamp":1776088200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88103735","content_html":"Capacity of Computers: hackscience.education
","summary":"When making decisions about the type of computing devices to install in schools, school and technology leaders must define the capacity of the devcies necesary for their purpose. This post sumarizes the factors that affect capacity. Capacity is determined by several factors. In general, these factor...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/capacity-of-computers/","date_published":"2026-04-12T12:42:52+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-12 12:42","date_timestamp":1775997772,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87880346","content_html":"Generative AI: We Are Getting What We Asked For: hackscience.education
","summary":"I just finished reading of a pre-print paper on AI (Shaw & Nave, 2026). It is a paper I expect to be the subject of a longer post in the future, but I was struck by a sentence in the “Societal Implications” section of the “General Discussion.” The authors write, “Just as ‘trust your gut’ Read More","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/generative-ai-we-are-getting-what-we-asked-for/","date_published":"2026-04-08T21:52:53+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-08 21:52","date_timestamp":1775685173,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87607991","content_html":"Inquiry and Authentic Assessment: hackscience.education
","summary":"I have been looking through old papers I wrote as an undergraduate and graduate student years ago… actually decades ago. In 1997, I enrolled in a curriculum development course and a graduate student, and made this observation: An inquiry-based science curriculum that includes authentic assessment is...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/inquiry-and-authentic-assessment/","date_published":"2026-04-04T14:04:42+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-04 14:04","date_timestamp":1775311482,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87357040","content_html":"Technology Companies “Certifying” Educators: hackscience.education
","summary":"I don’t often have time to listen to the radio during the afternoon, but today, I caught the last few minutes of “The start of social media’s legal reckoning” on 1A which I listened to on Vermont Public’s radio broadcast. I only caught the tail end of the commentary, but one of the guests made Read ...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/technology-companies-certifying-educators/","date_published":"2026-03-31T17:31:46+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-31 17:31","date_timestamp":1774978306,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87334581","content_html":"It Will All Be AI Until Education Changes: hackscience.education
","summary":"AI is here, it often does not accomplish what we want, but that is not stopping folks from deploying it. (I am writing this after spending an hour on several phone calls to the IRS trying to schedule an appointment to get a replacement form for my mother’s taxes. Each attempt got me caught in Read M...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/it-will-all-be-ai-untill-education-changes/","date_published":"2026-03-31T13:19:12+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-31 13:19","date_timestamp":1774963152,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"87154420","content_html":"Characterizing Weak Leaders: hackscience.education
","summary":"190: Characterizing Weak Leaders The blogosphere is full of examples of bad leadership. We have all seen the lists of characteristics of those who are bad leaders and we have all experienced them. Some of my favorite examples do not make these lists. “Guess what I am thinking disguised as brainstorm...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/characterizing-weak-leaders/","date_published":"2026-03-28T16:48:55+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 16:48","date_timestamp":1774716535,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86819195","content_html":"Elevating EdTech Professional Development: Training, Planning, and Design: hackscience.education
","summary":"I had AI create this post based on a chapter I wrote a few years ago. 188: Elevating EdTech Professional Development: Training, Planning, and Design If you have ever sat through a school professional development (PD) day focused on “technology integration,” you might be familiar with the following s...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/elevating-edtech-professional-development-training-planning-and-design/","date_published":"2026-03-23T20:18:36+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 20:18","date_timestamp":1774297116,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86819194","content_html":"Profile of Early Majority User: hackscience.education
","summary":"This post is the profile of an “early majority user” (Rogers, 2003). This was a school leader whose work aligned with the characteristics of one at that stage. Our project started with me talking with another curriculum coordinator at one of our regionalmeetings. He was talking about how they were s...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/profile-of-early-majority-user/","date_published":"2026-03-23T20:03:35+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-23 20:03","date_timestamp":1774296215,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86694181","content_html":"Google and Schools: hackscience.education
","summary":"I recently had a series of conversations with educators about Google. I was anable to point these folks to the specific artcile I read a few years ago in which scholars challenged some of the assumptions we made how Google uses student data. I promised a blog post pointing to it. Here it is! In Read...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/google-and-schools/","date_published":"2026-03-21T16:29:11+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 16:29","date_timestamp":1774110551,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86694180","content_html":"IT Working Conditions in Schools: hackscience.education
","summary":"One of the biggest differences between working in schools and working in business and industry is the lack of a clear and unambiguous measure of success; in the vernacular, we can say, âschools lack a clear bottom line.â In education, they attempt to use test scores as a bottom line comparable t...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/it-working-conditions-in-schools/","date_published":"2026-03-21T16:17:17+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 16:17","date_timestamp":1774109837,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86562330","content_html":"A Librarian and A Tech Guy Take a Stand: hackscience.education
","summary":"I once took a stand with a colleague against a program intended to encourage reading. I was responsible for managing the IT in the school along with my teaching duties and she was the school librarian. In this program, students read books, then took computer-based tests on the contents; s...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/a-librarian-and-a-tech-gut-take-a-stand/","date_published":"2026-03-19T20:28:27+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-19 20:28","date_timestamp":1773952107,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86306208","content_html":"AI Completeness: hackscience.education
","summary":"Today, we’re tackling a big question: What does it mean to be human in an increasingly computerized world? We’ll explore the concept of “AI-Complete” and its impact on society. The term “AI-Complete” refers to problems that are as hard as any problem that AI can solve. In other words, if you can so...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/ai-completeness/","date_published":"2026-03-16T10:50:00+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-16 10:50","date_timestamp":1773658200,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"86254219","content_html":"Strategy and Execution: hackscience.education
","summary":"One of my LinkedIn connections liked a post recently. The post can be summarized as âcommunity colleges donât have a strategy problem; they have an execution problem.â The author details how many of the goals that have been integrated into community college plans in the last decade or so have ...","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/strategy-and-execution/","date_published":"2026-03-15T12:34:41+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-15 12:34","date_timestamp":1773578081,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85781327","content_html":"Are You Being Scientific? hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/are-you-being-scientific/","date_published":"2026-03-08T15:16:52+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-08 15:16","date_timestamp":1772983012,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85723072","content_html":"A More Accurate View of Science: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/a-more-accurate-view-of-science/","date_published":"2026-03-07T16:40:46+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 16:40","date_timestamp":1772901646,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85704022","content_html":"Threshold of Impressionability: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/threshold-of-impressionability/","date_published":"2026-03-07T12:07:38+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-07 12:07","date_timestamp":1772885258,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85656841","content_html":"The (Troubling) Paradox of Imagination and Education: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/the-troubling-paradox-of-imagination-and-education/","date_published":"2026-03-06T19:19:47+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-06 19:19","date_timestamp":1772824787,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85286313","content_html":"Reading versus Understanding: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/reading-versus-understanding/","date_published":"2026-03-01T15:24:56+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-01 15:24","date_timestamp":1772378696,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84925429","content_html":"Understanding Scareware: How Fear Becomes a Cybersecurity Weapon: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/understanding-scareware-how-fear-becomes-a-cybersecurity-weapon/","date_published":"2026-02-24T12:52:36+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 12:52","date_timestamp":1771937556,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84810628","content_html":"Concepts of Operating Systems: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/concepts-of-operating-systems/","date_published":"2026-02-22T18:19:05+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-22 18:19","date_timestamp":1771784345,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84748308","content_html":"Types of Operating Systems: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/types-of-operating-systems/","date_published":"2026-02-21T18:43:20+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-21 18:43","date_timestamp":1771699400,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84378733","content_html":"School and Democracy: hackscience.education
","summary":"","url":"https://www.hackscience.education/school-and-democracy/","date_published":"2026-02-16T14:52:00+00:00","author":{"name":"hackscience.education","url":"http://hackscience.education/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fhackscience.education%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F03%2Fweb-site3.png","_microblog":{"username":"hackscience.education"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-16 14:52","date_timestamp":1771253520,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}