I thought the visual storytelling resource provided in this module was very creative and insightful. I appreciated having an opportunity to read and think about our diverse teacher candidates, and I was reminded to center their perspectives, experiences, and identities in my design work this summer. One of the real-life scenarios that resonated…[Read more]

I appreciate all of the documents and conversations shared in this module. I believe it’s essential to explore, discuss, and define educational equity with our teacher candidates, so that it guides the work we do in our public schools. Typically, I use these two definitions of educational equity in the courses I teach: 

1. “Educational equity me…

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Hi everyone. Kristen’s beautiful image of her garden design process inspired me to try out Canva. I used a “timeline template” to illustrate how I thought about designing, implementing, and revising the new HTPA that we piloted this past Spring in our Bilingual Education Student Teaching Seminar/Practicum. The link to the document is below…[Read more]

Hi, everyone! Here is my remix of the NEP’s Liberatory Design Mindsets activity:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1giEKm-RdPdIxub9mgq64Adr7OhAomyx53lfi39q0pc8/edit?usp=sharing

Hi everyone! I’m Alfonso Pérez, Clinical Professor in the Bilingual Education Program. The 5 rationale cards that I kept were:

(8) teachers and students can use new media and computing as a tool for voice, participation, activism and critique related to causes they care about.

(16) because the process of tinkering and making can lead to wonder,…[Read more]

¡Saludos! My name is Alfonso Pérez (he/him), and I teach in the Bilingual Education Program as Clinical Professor. This is the first time I use the CUNY Academics Commons, and I’m excited to explore digital tools and technology (like Flipgrid) this summer to enhance storytelling in Spanish and to inspire our bilingual education teacher candidates.