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News and Announcements | December 3, 2018

CS+X4All CUNY OER Request for Proposals

By ACERT
Topics : Awards, Open Educational Resources, Opportunities

The Office of Academic Affairs seeks proposals from university full time and part time faculty to provide a set of open educational resources (OER) that serve as resources for the creation of general education, pathways courses in tech.

Event Capsules | November 6, 2018

ACERT Event Capsule – Bringing the Museum into the World Language Classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Pedagogy, Student Engagement

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.

News and Announcements | November 2, 2018

Microaggression Workshop

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

Have you ever had someone make a comment that left you feeling uncomfortable about your identity? Microaggressions are an unfortunate part of the daily lives of many. Without recognizing and addressing them, personal and professional performance can suffer. This conversation will discuss microaggressions, how to recognize and address them while still performing at your best level.

Event Capsules | October 30, 2018

ACERT Event Capsule – Participatory Pedagogy and Connecting Classrooms to Student Backgrounds

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Pedagogy, Student Engagement

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.

News and Announcements | October 25, 2018

Register as a presenter for “Small Teaching Part II: Lightning Talks on Teaching and Learning”

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

For the final Lunchtime Seminar of the fall semester on November 1st, 12-2pm, ACERT invites volunteers to present short "lightning talks" on any aspect of their teaching and learning. The topic for presentations is open, and presenters are encouraged to talk about anything that they feel will be interesting to the ACERT community.

News and Announcements | October 24, 2018

CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative “lightning talks” event: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

CUNYs Digital Humanities Initiative is hosting its annual “lightning talks” event in a few weeks. I’ve participated in this event a couple of times in the past. As a presenter, it offers a friendly audience of CUNY colleagues and requires minimal prep (a “lightning talk” is a roughly three-minute precis of a project with maximum three slides). As a spectator, it offers a breathtaking array of work from colleagues across the CUNYverse representing a diverse range of disciplines and approaches. Pedagogical projects are warmly welcomed. The deadline is November 6th to apply as a presenter.

News and Announcements | October 10, 2018

City Tech’s OpenLab Pedagogy Event, Thursday October 18th

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

The amazing team at City Tech’s OpenLab is hosting a discussion of open digital pedagogy next week. If you don’t know about OpenLab, it’s an inspiring project that grew out of collaborations among faculty at City Tech over the past …

Event Capsules, Teaching Hacks | October 2, 2018

ACERT Teaching Hack – Social Annotation with Hypothes.is

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Online writing and reflection, Student Engagement, Technology

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.

News and Announcements | September 25, 2018

Ninth Annual Pedagogy Day at the Graduate Center

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities, Pedagogy

On October 26th, 2018 the Graduate Student Teaching Association (GSTA) will host the Ninth Annual Pedagogy Day at the Graduate Center CUNY. This event brings together people of all levels of experience who are interested in teaching of psychology and related disciplines.

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