On March 7, the Lunchtime Seminar turned to the idea of ungrading, as a means of questioning not only how we grade, but why we grade in the first place. Could there be better practices for encouraging deep learning on the part of students?
Hunter’s central location and partnerships with cultural institutions in the city greatly facilitate learning opportunities at the museum. In this ACERT Event Capsule, Monica Calabritto (Romance Languages), Fiore Sireci (English), and Joanne Spurza (Classical and Oriental Studies) discuss how they have incorporated museum activities into their courses and curriculum.
How should we equip students with the skills and the resources necessary to control their scholarly and creative production, at Hunter and beyond? The “Domain of One’s Own” movement suggests that students be provided a domain name as part of their undergraduate coursework, and use this space to consolidate and present their academic, artistic, and personal content. In recent years, the Domain of One’s Own concept has been adopted by a variety of programs and courses, across an array of disciplines. In this ACERT Event Capsule, Jonathan Bohm (Sociology, NBUniversal), Alicia Peaker (Bryn Mawr College), and Beth Seltzer (Bryn Mawr College) discuss their implementation of this approach.
In this Event Capsule, Kelly Paciaroni, Monica Calabritto, and Julie Van Peteghem discuss "Bringing the Museum into the World Language Classroom," a workshop held on October 19th, 2018, where they showcased strategies to integrate art and poetry into the world language curriculum in grades 7-16 and beyond. The event featured presentations, a live teaching demonstration featuring high school students, and interactive breakout sessions.
In this Event Capsule, Gustavo Jiménez, Christina Katopodis, Kahdeidra Monét Martin, and Siqi Tu discuss their October 11th, 2018 Lunchtime Seminar, in which they demonstrated student-centered activities and then provided opportunities for seminar participants to try out the activities themselves.
In this ACERT Teaching Hack, Jeff Allred (English) discusses using Hypothes.is to encourage students to "annotate socially," and engage more rigorously with assigned texts. First, he provides an overview about the software and how students can benefit from its application in the classroom. Then, Jeff shows walks us through a practical, hands-on segment highlighting some features of Hypothes.is.
In this ACERT Teaching Hack, Alyson Greenfield (English Department) employs “unconventional” teaching methods to enliven the classroom and student experience as a whole.
In this Event Capsule, Jeff Allred (English), Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages), and Luke Waltzer (GC, Teaching and Learning Center) explore some possibilities afforded by the CUNY Academic Commons, a long-standing space for collaboration among CUNY faculty and staff that has recently begun hosting courses as well.
Kristen Hodnett (Special Education), Antonia Levy (School for Professional Studies), Louis Olander (Special Education), and Gina Riley (Special Education), discuss how they use principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to create welcoming, usable, and accessible courses for students with a broad range of characteristics, including students with disabilities.
In this Event Capsule, Iris Finkel, Steven Kowalik, Steve Foglia, and Todd Miller recap their presentations at a March 6, 2018 Lunchtime Seminar. They highlight their own FITT projects, and discuss the work they've accomplished through their participation in the FITT program.
