| DATE | DESCRIPTION | PRESENTER | RESOURCES |
| Lunchtime Seminar Events | |||
| Tue 9/15 | Icebreakers in Live Synchronous Sessions In this quick tech talk, we will engage in 5 icebreakers and you will be provided with a set of 20 to try out in your Zoom or BB Collaborate synchronous sessions! |
Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) | |
| Tue 9/22 | The Secret Life of Blackboard Grade Center In this quick tech talk, we will present our favorite tips and tricks for using the Grade Center to make grading and grade reporting as simple as possible. |
Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages); Sarah Byosiere (Psychology); Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) | |
| Tue 9/29 | Groupwork Management: Shared writing using Google Docs, Slides and BB Wikis! In this quick tech talk, we will look at Google Docs, Google Slides, and BB Wikis as ways to manage groupwork interactive writing! |
Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) | |
| Tue 10/6 | Better Reading and Writing through Annotating: hypothes.is in the composition classroom Hypothes.is is a free/open platform for annotating digital texts of all kinds. We will explore some models for integrating it into your teaching on a regular basis, making both reading and writing more social and collaborative for students. |
Renee Schaller (English); Jeff Allred (English) | |
| Tue 10/13 | Superquick Presentation Recording using Zoom! When you need to create a video voicing over a powerpoint, show students how to navigate a site or program, or to see you solving a problem, Zoom is a fast and easy way to quickly create a video with a link to share with students. |
Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) | |
| Tue 10/20 | Using Book Creator and Manifold in the College Classroom Book Creator is an easy way students can create and publish their own book. It is usually used within the K – 12 classroom, but there are so many easy ways to use it effectively within the university space as well (and as a teaching tool!). Manifold is an open CUNY publishing platform that can be used to create OER textbooks and enriched editions, and publish student work. Let’s explore the different things that can be done with Book Creator and Manifold. |
Gina Riley (Special Education); Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages) | |
| Tue 10/27 | Dropbox for the win! In this quick tech talk we will focus on CUNY Dropbox, the cloud storage available to students and faculty. We will discuss various ways to use Dropbox: share class materials (including large video files!), collect student work, and provide them quick or extensive feedback. Plus: Dropbox can be integrated into Blackboard! |
Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages); Jeff Allred (English) | |
| Tue 11/3 | Get out the Vote! A variety of Polling tools to use for interaction in live classes. In honor of election day, we will engage with a variety of polling tools you can integrate into a Zoom live session using Zoom itself as well as other platforms like Mentimeter, Poll Everywhere and Peardeck for a variety of response types. |
Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) | |
| Tue 11/10 | Learn about Loom!!! (not to be confused with Zoom)! Loom? Do you mean Zoom? No, we really do mean Loom! Come and join this quick tech talk about the extremely user friendly screen-recording tool Loom. Loom can be used to pre-record lectures in a variety of formats and is great for delivering presentations. Bonus, it is currently free for students and educators! |
Sarah Byosiere (Psychology) | |
| Tue 11/17 | Padlet Power! Multiple Applications for this Versatile Tool Padlet, a virtual bulletin board, has a variety of formats and can be used for synchronous and asynchronous interactivity. In this quick tech talk, we will explore some applications and you can get ideas to finish out this term or to use in the Spring! |
Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) | |
| Thu 9/17 | Thoughtful Thursdays – Start-of-the-semester Check-in It’s been a long, hot summer, but here we are again teaching remotely. For the first Thoughtful Thursday session, we will hold an open session to discuss what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what more support do we need. Bring your thoughts, questions, and experiences to share, or just come to listen to the conversation. |
Paul McPherron (English and ACERT); Sarah Byosiere (Psychology) | N/A |
| Thu 9/24 | Assessment Meet & Greet Now that we’re all virtually back and settled into our mostly distant fall term, let’s catch up and chat about assessment or whatever else is on your mind. |
Joel Bloom | N/A |
| Thu 10/1 | Multigenerational Needs in the Digital Classroom In this session, we discuss the preferences and needs of multigenerational students within the digital classroom space as well as both what research says and what works best within your own online classroom. |
April Kisamore (SPED – ABA program), Lauren Schnell (SPED – ABA program) and Gina Riley (SPED, Adolescent Special Education) | |
| Thu 10/8 | Peer Observation when the Class Session is Online In this session we will discuss how observation practices need to shift to be able to provide meaningful feedback when the instruction is online–both synchronous and asynchronous, while still keeping within the parameters of our approved peer observation protocols. |
Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) | |
| Thu 10/15 | Embracing (Tech) Teaching Fails and New Ways of Creating Community We already know that not every lesson or activity is an immediate hit, but teaching fully online means that so many more things can go wrong! How can you use these fails to create a broader sense of community in your class? Join us for an open discussion on embracing failure in online teaching. We’ll share experiences and tips, and also reflect on how the semester is going so far: what’s working and what’s not, and what can/should be adapted mid-semester? |
Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages), Sarah Byosiere (Psychology) | N/A |
| Thu 10/22 | Assessment during the Pandemic: What is Different, What Remains the Same? Some of us approach assessment with a degree of trepidation even under the best of times; in this session, we’ll discuss some familiar elements, some new opportunities, and give you a chance to brainstorm ideas on what might work well this year! |
Joel Bloom (Provost Office & Assessment), Gina Riley (Special Education), and Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) | Recording |
| Thu 10/29 | Caregiving and Teaching: Let’s talk About the OTHER Work You’re Doing Since moving to remote teaching and working in March, we have been balancing our work, home, and personal lives in the same place and often at the same time. Often, we are also caring for someone else as well, adding additional stress to an already stressful situation. Join us for an open discussion of how we are balancing all of this work and share strategies for ways you are coping with the chaos. |
Paul McPherron (English and ACERT); Stephanie Margolin (Hunter College Libraries) | N/A |
| Thu 11/5 | Post COVID Remote Teaching: A Space to Think and Create Have you grown to love teaching remotely? Or, will you be the first in the classroom when in-person classes resume? Join us for a discussion of what aspects of teaching remotely we want to maintain and whether online programming will be a COVID trend or here to stay. We’ll discuss pros, cons, and potential program-based changes. |
Gina Riley (Special Education), April Kisamore (Special Education, ABA); Lauren Schnell (Special Education, ABA) | N/A |
| Thu 11/12 | Collaborations in the Time of Covid: Thoughts from the Libraries In the shift to remote learning, we are seeing more collaborative integration of information literacy instruction across the disciplines. What lessons have we learned for more effective collaborations both online and when we return to in-person instruction? |
Stephanie Margolin (Hunter College Libraries) & other representatives from the Libraries | N/A |
| Thu 11/19 | Finishing Strong: End-of-the-Semester Check-In The end of the Fall 2020 semester is near! Join ACERT and the Educational Technology Team to recap your teaching and learning successes and discuss ways in which we can help students in online classes reflect on what they have learned. |
Paul McPherron (English and ACERT); Sarah Byosiere (Psychology) | N/A |
| Teaching Scholarship Circle (TSC) Events | |||
| Varying | The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux Please join ACERT for a 3-part Teaching Scholarship Circle (TSC) where we will read and discuss selections from Cathy N. Davidson’s book The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux. In her book, Davidson argues that university educators must substantially change how we teach in order to help our students succeed “in our age of precarious work and technological disruption.” Through our reading and discussion of her book, we will analyze her transformational vision for higher education in America, and draw lessons for how we support students at Hunter and how, in Davidson’s words, “we can educate students not only to survive but to thrive amid the challenges to come.”The TSC will meet from 2-3:30 pm in HE 819 on the following days in January 2021 Thursday, January 16th Tuesday, January 21st Thursday January 23rd Participants will receive a copy of the book from which we will pick different chapters to read for each meeting. Participants should plan to attend all 3 sessions, if possible. Snacks and coffee will be provided. Please feel free to reach out with questions or thoughts and to RSVP to acert@hunter.cuny.edu | Jan 2021 |
Stefania Porcelli (Romance Languages) and James Cantres (AFPRL) | N/A |
| Special Events | |||
| Varying | Faculty Forum with the Hunter College Libraries You are invited to attend a Faculty Forum with the Hunter College Libraries faculty and staff. The librarians thank those who participated in their listening sessions in August, and they want to build on the questions that arose in those listening sessions and share the latest information they have about library services and resources for Fall 2020. They know you have lots of questions about access to library services and resources for yourself and your students. Therefore, they invite you to join them to hear updates from the libraries for the coming semester and join a conversation following their talk to address any further questions.The Hunter College Libraries faculty and staff will hold subsequent events once the semester has started and will send out announcements accordingly.
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Hunter College Libraries Faculty and Staff | N/A |
| Fri 10/9 | Introduction to National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) With Hunter’s institutional membership to NCFDD, we have access to a wealth of resources to support faculty professional and personal growth in academia. Join this Zoom conversation to explore the resources, learn how Hunter faculty have used the webinars, writing challenges, and discussions boards and share ideas for further meetings or study groups. |
Jenny Tuten (Provost’s Office) | N/A |
| Wed 10/28 | Unschooling: Exploring Learning Beyond the Classroom If there was ever a time to reimagine conceptions of learning and schooling, it is now. Join us for a special presentation and discussion with Gina Riley (Special Education) about her new book Unschooling: Exploring Learning Beyond the Classroom. In her book, Gina explores the past, present, and future of unschooling – a type of homeschooling where children and teens learn through life, led by their own intrinsic motivations, strengths, and interests. Unschooling can also happen in public, private, and charter schools if we are willing to rethink our notions of what education and learning really is. Let’s talk about educational innovation, seen through the lens of the unschooling movement!For this special event, Gina will begin with a presentation covering the main topics in her new book which will be followed by an open discussion and Q&A. |
Gina Riley (Special Education) | N/A |
| Wed 12/2 | Putting the Humanities PhD to Work: Thriving in and beyond the Classroom In her new book, Putting the Humanities PhD to Work, Katina Rogers discusses the current landscape of the academic workforce and explores the evolving rhetoric and practices regarding career preparation and how those changes intersect with admissions practices, scholarly reward structures, and academic labor practices—especially the increasing reliance on contingent labor. Join us for a special presentation and discussion with Katina about her book and the important possibility that different kinds of careers offer engaging, fulfilling, and even unexpected pathways for students who seek them out.For this special event, we will begin with an interview-style presentation with Katina about her book which will be followed by an open discussion and Q&A with all participants. |
Katina Rogers, Co-Director of the Futures Initiative and Director of Programs and Administration of HASTAC at The Graduate Center (CUNY) | N/A |
