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Ryan Seslow wrote a new blog post Familiar Faces in the group Net-Art: 16 minutes ago

Familiar Faces
Monty B Erskine wrote a new post, Language and Literacy Narrative, on the site M's Portfolio 18 minutes ago

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The process I had while writing this personal narrative was a creative. When I first realized that the personal narrative was about us telling a story about how literacy impacted us. I was very […]
Binta Ngom wrote a new post, Kehinde Wiley's twist on European culture, on the site Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing 21 minutes ago

Kehinde Wiley’s oil painting is giving a twist to the classical European paintings by substituting a white man with an African American one. I interpret this as him showing us that we live in a new world, one w […]
Xuemeng Li wrote a new post, Sample Work – Descriptive statistics of Marital Status in US (by Taylor McGleese, SOC241 Summer 2019), on the site Social Statistics (intro level) 35 minutes ago

According to the GSS 2018 survey, since 1972, there has been a total of 64814 participates. 52.7% of the respondents are married, which equals to 34,129 people. 9.6% of the respondents are widowed, 6200 […]
Mina Sunuwar wrote a new post, September 11,2001, on the site Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing 50 minutes ago

According to this picture and in episode #1 Berger talks about how images could be used to manipulate. The viewer’s point of view and the 9/11 image shows you how made by photographer in order to make meaning […]
commented on the post, Assignment #4: Ted Talk Reactions, on the site Thinking & Reading, Critically 3 hours, 44 minutes ago

I think I am a good listener because I pay attention to detail and always stay engaged in the presentation I’m viewing or the conversation I’m in. To improve my listening I can move my “listening position” to what […]
Yangchen Dolkar commented on the post, , on the site Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing 4 hours, 22 minutes ago

Thank you professor, sorry I just saw your comment on my post . Your comment encourage me to write more and more
Hiba wrote a new post, LGBTQ Rights Movement, on the site Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing 4 hours, 44 minutes ago

This photo was taken by Diana Davies at the beginning of gay rights movement in the 1970s. It’s an image of Donna Gottshalk, a famous lesbian photographer, holding up a sign written on it “I am your worst fear / I […]
Raleem Broadhead-Moses and Gina Rae Foster are now friends 5 hours, 3 minutes ago
Yuxuan Wang wrote a new post, September 11 Attacks, on the site Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing 5 hours, 26 minutes ago

From the picture that was taken in Brooklyn on September 11th, 2001, there was a group of five young people sitting and enjoying their lunch break while the huge smoke is back of them. That was a series four […]
Mary Allison became a registered member 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
Norbery Martinez wrote a new post, (no title), on the site Ways of Seeing/Ways of Hearing 5 hours, 45 minutes ago

The image I decided to write about is the picture of Donna Gottschalk. The sign she’s holding saying “I am your worst fear, I am your best fantasy”. This message really got me thinking about John Bergers “Ways […]
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CUNY Academic Commons Annual Report 2018 – 2019 August 19, 2019

Driven by intense interest across the CUNY system in using the Commons as a teaching platform, our 2018-2019 Annual Report shows how our site continues to provide a generative platform to showcase the intellectual life of the entire university.

Scott Voth

Version 1.15 Released: Streamlined Creation for Groups and Sites May 7, 2019

As the CUNY Academic Commons grows faster than ever, and is used by an increasing number of community members for a diverse range of projects, our latest release makes it easier to set up new spaces for collaboration and sharing. Today we are introducing a Creation Portal that will be a one-stop launch point for […]

Colin McDonald

Sutori, Padlet, and VoiceThread Embeds Now Supported on the Commons February 15, 2019

The Commons Dev team recently implemented code changes to support Sutori, Padlet, and VoiceThread embeds on WordPress sites. Actively engaged with the pedagogical needs of the CUNY community, the Commons provides an open source infrastructure that integrates both proprietary and non-proprietary resources. Here is a list of custom file and content types which can be […]

Scott Voth

Gutenberg – The New WordPress Editor January 22, 2019

Block Editing WordPress 5.0 was released in early December and features a modern, new editor called “Gutenberg” that replaces the “Classic” editor that has been around for years. Gutenberg is one of the biggest and most controversial changes in WordPress history, and the web is filled with articles, both pro and con. Gutenberg’s user experience […]

Scott Voth

The Graduate Center Welcomes Two New Open Educational Technologists January 7, 2019

The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (GCTLC) and GC Digital Initiatives (GCDI) are pleased to announce the hiring of two Open Educational Technologists who will support open pedagogical projects at the GC and throughout CUNY. Their work will primarily center on support for teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons, Manifold Scholarship, and Vocat, three […]

Luke Waltzer

Announcing Version 1.14: Improving the Commons for OER Teaching and Research November 13, 2018

Welcome to Release 1.14 Our new 1.14 release offers an array of enhancements to the Commons that respond to recent usage patterns and expanding interest in the Commons as an open solution for CUNY’s teaching, research, and scholarship. Our 1.13 release made it easier to add users to sites and groups on the Commons by […]

Stephen Real

Announcing Commons In A Box OpenLab October 29, 2018

The Commons In A Box team is delighted to announce the public release of Commons In A Box OpenLab, a free open-source software platform for teaching, learning, and collaboration. Over the past two years, we have partnered with the OpenLab team at New York City College of Technology, CUNY (City Tech) to develop a […]

Scott Voth

The CUNY Academic Commons is hiring a Project Manager (Part-Time) October 22, 2018

The CUNY Academic Commons is hiring! Please see our ad below for this part-time position. Project Manager (Part-Time) Review of applications will begin on November 5 The CUNY Academic Commons, an open-source academic social network connecting the 25 campuses of the City University of New York, seeks a Project Manager to join our team. […]

Matthew K. Gold

Open Educational Technology Specialists September 20, 2018

The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (GCTLC) and Digital Initiatives (GCDI) teams are hiring two full-time Open Educational Technology Specialists who will help move forward our shared commitment to supporting homegrown, open source tools for teaching, learning, research and scholarship, including the CUNY Academic Commons and Manifold Scholarship. These positions are made possible by funding provided as […]

Luke Waltzer

Teaching on The Commons August 27, 2018

The Commons Team is constantly striving to make The CUNY Academic Commons a more robust platform for teaching. In the spring we released our new invitation system that makes it much easier to bring an entire class onto a to your course site. We have also published a guide, Commons Basics, for faculty new to the Commons. […]

Stephen Real

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