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Computing Integrated Teacher Education (CITE) @ CUNY

Computing Integrated Teacher Education is a four-year initiative to support CUNY faculty at all ranks to integrate state standards aligned computing content and pedagogy into required education courses, field work and student teaching. Supported by public funding from the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) Computer Science for All (CS4All) program and private funding from the Robin Hood Learning + Technology Fund, the initiative will focus on building on and complementing the success of NYCDOE CS4All and pilots to integrate computational thinking at Queens College, Hunter College and Hostos Community College.

The initiative focuses on:
– Supporting institutional change in teacher education programs
– Building faculty computing pedagogical content knowledge through the lens of culturally response-sustaining education
– Supporting faculty research in equitable computing education, inclusive STEM pedagogies, and effects on their students’ instructional practices

General CITE Summer 2023 Q and A

34 replies
    • Aankit Patel (he/him/his)
      Member
      May 18, 2023 at 9:25 am

      There was a question about how to edit posts after submitting. I’ve demoted myself to a Member to re-create the faculty experience and am now making this post to see what faculty see once they make a post. Will report back in a reply to this thread

    • Jean Marc Cadet (He/Him)
      Member
      May 26, 2023 at 9:38 am

      How to edit my post?

    • Rosemarie Cipriani
      Member
      May 27, 2023 at 3:01 pm

      The opening orientation was informative.   I looked over the cards and chose 5 that I thought were most important to me – for example – being able to become fluent in tools to effectively communicate with families, colleagues and other personnel in the field of education.  It can broaden my experiences as an educator.  I enjoyed playing with jamboard and looking over flipgrid and scratch.

      • Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her)
        Member
        May 30, 2023 at 9:24 am

        Thanks for this reflection! Make sure you post your ideas about the game in the discussion thread for module 1 for your college so your colleagues can read them. If you click “Apply” at this page, you can find the link to your college’s discussion thread!

    • Jen Longley (she/her)
      Member
      May 28, 2023 at 9:46 am

      Hi, for Module 2, when I clicked on the “Cite Mission & Common Values” the page that opens says “404 Unfortunately the page was not found”. Thanks!

    • Virginia Gryta (She/her)
      Member
      May 29, 2023 at 3:27 pm

      Hi,

      Where can I find asynch module 3? It seems like only 0,1, & 2 are posted where I’m looking (the Asynch Modules drop down menu.)

      Thanks,
      Virginia

    • Virginia Gryta (She/her)
      Member
      June 2, 2023 at 12:08 pm

      Hey folks,

      In module 3, the link for Artifact Design Task Guidelines gives me a 404 error. Is there another path to the guidelines?

      Best,
      Virginia

      • Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her)
        Member
        June 2, 2023 at 12:35 pm

        Hi Virginia,
        Works for me — give it a refresh and see if it doesn’t work now… Unless you’re clicking another link. Can you share a screenshot with me where you see a broken link: [email protected]

        SV

        Sara Vogel, Ph.D. (she/her)

        Associate Director of Computing Integrated Teacher Education

        Central Office of Academic Affairs

        [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

        The City University of New York

        205 East 42nd Street, 9th Floor

        New York, NY 10017

        T. 646.664.8256

    • Casandra Silva Sibilin (she/her/hers)
      Member
      June 6, 2023 at 10:28 am

      Is it OK if we look around and reply to posts in other forums in addition to those in our college? I assume so but wanted to double-check! Thank you!

    • Kirsten Cole (she/her)
      Participant
      June 6, 2023 at 4:16 pm

      When you share how to videos (youtube etc.) that demo how to use programs, it would be great to have resources for macs as well as pcs. I’m trying to follow along on the youtube for pivot tables, but it seems like the menus are a little different than what I see on my mac. I’m going to try to spelunk on my own to find some other resources, but if you have a chance to share stuff for macs that would be super helpful. Thanks! Kirsten

      • Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her)
        Member
        June 7, 2023 at 9:03 am

        Thanks for pointing this out, Kirsten, and thanks, Mindi, for sharing the video! Next time we’ll try to locate resources for both Mac and PC, but for now, if you come up with any helpful resources, please share with the group.

    • Mindi Reich-Shapiro (She/Her)
      Participant
      June 6, 2023 at 6:26 pm

      I found this video on YouTube for pivot tables. I found it very easy to follow and then try out the different aspects.

      https://youtu.be/m0wI61ahfLc

      • Aankit Patel (he/him/his)
        Member
        June 15, 2023 at 12:35 pm

        Thanks for sharing! Maybe others will see this post!

        It gives me such joy when folks start finding their own resources to learn computing practices. There are so many reasons why one tutorial, video, blog post, etc. might work for one person and not another – the pacing, the organization, the problem the person is trying to solve, the mental model of the tech, the background with the tech, the assumptions about tech and computing practices, etc

    • Anders (AJ) Stachelek (They/Them)
      Member
      June 15, 2023 at 10:20 am

      I found that Flipgrid on my laptop seems to create a strange echo chamber situation (my Module 0 intro video), while the desktop at work seems to work fine without the strange echo. Does anyone know what might be going on with trying to use Flipgrid on my laptop? I can’t seem to figure it out…

    • Mindi Reich-Shapiro (She/Her)
      Participant
      June 16, 2023 at 1:55 pm

      Hi Sara and Aankit:

      This isn’t a question, but rather a comment about Module 8 Critically Conscious Computing (there was no discussion board and I wasn’t sure if it would confuse people if I posted my comments on the Padlet).

      I loved these resources. I downloaded articles and handouts, tinkered with the MadLibs activity on the Civics of Technology website, saved all of the Joy Boulamwini videos and shared them with my family, and downloaded the snapshots of the educational technologies from the Human Rights Watch website. I found the work that is being done with HS students on AI technology (learning to code/learning to critically analyze) wonderful.

      The only resource that I found a bit superficial was the article on the TikTok hearings. I thought the author unfairly dismissed the NYT article, which actually explored the privacy issues in more depth, while the link from that article to the EPIC website provided much more important analysis. The author makes a statement that young people who use TikTok and other free apps both expect and accept that their data will be used and they willingly trade their privacy for the convenience of using the apps. The author doesn’t provide any context for that argument, other than saying it is “learned helplessness,” or provide an alternative view on young people who are critically analyzing and actively advocating.

      Anyway, I just wanted to share my thoughts on this wonderful compilation of resources on critically conscious computing.

      Thanks.

    • Carol Barclay (she/her)
      Member
      June 16, 2023 at 5:13 pm

      I am looking at Module 7. I find the instructions for the “Teacher Moments” confusing. I created an account, then clicked “Read the Teacher Moment Scenario” link under Apply. I get a page that says “this scenario is currently in progress”. Clicking “Continue this Scenario” I get a scenario about students questioning my artifact. Which is fine, but I also see there are a lot of other scenarios available. Are we to do just that one, or choose others? Thanks.

    • Carlos Liachovitzky
      Member
      June 17, 2023 at 1:45 am

      Hello Sara and Aankit! I am trying to fill in the summer camps preference form but I only see ten names in the drop down menu. I type my name but still no show 🤷‍♂️. Any hint? Thank you!

       

    • Kirsten Cole (she/her)
      Participant
      June 23, 2023 at 4:22 pm

      With apologies that I am a little behind on my homework, I’m having trouble completing all parts of Module 7. I’ve created an account on the Teacher Moments site, but I am not seeing all of the same steps described in the instructions document. I’m not getting the option to agree to the consent agreement and see the attached screenshot instead. Is this because I’m late? If it is possible to re-open, I will be happy to complete this section. (Sorry! Both of my kids are graduating this week and next and my life is a little upside down.)

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      • Sara Vogel, PhD. (she/her)
        Member
        June 23, 2023 at 5:35 pm

        No worries! It looks like you are in the correct spot, Kirsten! Usually if you scroll under that yellow box, you should see a yes / no button. Click what your preference is and it should begin the scenario. On Monday, we have a tech help session from 10-11:30 if you continue to have issues (see here). Or you can email us to schedule something.

        SV

      • Kirsten Cole (she/her)
        Participant
        June 23, 2023 at 6:18 pm

        Thanks, Sara. I logged in again and this time it worked. I really and truly scrolled all over the page before and the consent button never appeared. It didn’t give me any place to enter the module. But of course now it worked! Just like our office copier. It only works after I’ve told someone I think it’s broken. 😉

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