CUNY Academic Commons

I enjoyed reading the “Powering Connections”, it was a fun way to read about different perspectives when using technologies in education and elsewhere. Nothing particularly surprised me about the different users experiences but it did remind me of the difficulties we often encounter when using technologies. The student’s initial troubles with…[Read more]

This was a good point to read and review the components of equity and how it  overlaps with our CITE artifacts. As this was something I have been contemplating in how my project will integrate equity. My first thoughts are around the final product allowing student to analyze and evaluate access to different schools and the inherent inequities.…[Read more]

Hi all,

Lots to take in from this module. I explored the different design process resources and realized I haven’t thought about ‘my process’ in some time. I enjoyed seeing the radical ideas in Speculate Everthing but wanted to find something more related to education planning so I am focusing more on the Liberatory Design and Design Thinking for…[Read more]

I like the activity as it is presented and would want to try if first before making too many changes.

I decided to have students review the mindsets and then create 3 of their own for a group project.

slidedeck here

thanks for the great example!

Hello, me again 😉 Brian Collins, Hunter College – Associate Prof of Bilingual Ed

The cards that most resonated with me were related to the analytical aspect of computing and digital literacies.  I really liked card 14 which say that teacher my develop a curious debugging mindset that learns from and iterates on failure. Also card 20, it will…[Read more]

Hi everyone!

I am Brian Collins at Hunter College (he/him).

Looking forward to participating in CITE this summer with you all and learning new tools. Feeling very busy right now but happy to get set up with Commons and Flip grid accounts. Thinking about ways to integrate these into my summer classes.