CUNY Academic Commons | Elizabeth Alsop | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ealsop/activity/ Activity feed for Elizabeth Alsop. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 088fff8522158baeea969fd14f606361 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/1037305/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:12:29 -0500 a47ee766629bf58a0330751b651d7aa8 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/788841/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:12:44 -0400 d6b057e6b7ce25888af338c9ba5187a2 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) joined the group SPS Film Club https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/742608/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:24:37 -0500 a2bdca5656c56bc6c3394eae8834cdd4 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) joined the group Transformative Learning in the Humanities https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/710819/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:42:34 -0400 d6a99e067cc85040dab98dc060789994 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) joined the group The PublicsLab at the Graduate Center https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/587946/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:02:37 -0400 1444676201e4cbd3da6f6b0df9bd31ce Elizabeth Alsop (she/her)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/521210/ Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:38:59 -0400 1c929cf9fb1cfc8b52b8a27eb613b2ff Elizabeth Alsop (she/her)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/511671/ Thu, 16 Aug 2018 22:20:10 -0400 0dfab792fe918962d7db5969b66db098 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1417 Wed, 16 May 2018 19:21:55 -0400 By Sakina Laksimi-Morrow
For me, socially conscious pedagogy is a balancing act between thinking through, developing, executing, reflecting, revisiting and refining course materials, assignments, classroom […]

]]> b0547cd39e502052bd7ffb720b5492d3 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) and Hunter Sawyer are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/488955/ Sat, 03 Feb 2018 19:16:51 -0500 8dfffef45db027707a0208e2994c475d Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) and Leonardo Nolé are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/488277/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 18:43:29 -0500 28a55ca0eede5f15fb10efd9df7c5c19 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) and Victoria Napolitano are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/488119/ Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:40:08 -0500 13e42ef14c65c99b030a98e610da88b3 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) joined the group The Group for Group Admins https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/485524/ Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:39:00 -0500 9828ca5f2c789f76681ef87cb91649a3 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1362 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:23:12 -0500 By TLC Staff
In the wake of the unfolding sexual assault and misconduct scandals, we at the Teaching and Learning Center have had several closed-door (and yes, whispered) conversations about what sexual […]

]]> fa01bbe1173f4a51b30c5db32c501f3b Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1346 Tue, 12 Dec 2017 16:40:48 -0500 By The TLC Staff
It’s that time of the semester. Classes are over, and stacks of student work await our review. Kevin Gannon (aka “The Tattooed Professor”) refers to this time in the semester as “Grading Jail, […]

]]> 90c53c5cec81f1c123d0dc0cbe82321f Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1297 Wed, 06 Dec 2017 18:13:45 -0500 Series Curator:  Elizabeth Alsop
What do we talk about when we talk about participation? In what ways do we ask  students to contribute in our classes, and how do we encourage, structure, and evaluate those c […]

]]> 626608e497b279595536f0d7785a89a8 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1303 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:48:01 -0500 By Anke Geertsma and Kaitlin Mondello
Asking a question followed by a long silence is often a nerve-racking experience for instructors. Are the students not doing the reading? Is the topic not interesting to […]

]]> 7c977b9ecb2781f0bbe6190355e17551 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1301 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:43:52 -0500 By Elizabeth Alsop
As an instructor, one of my main participation-related concerns has always been how best to structure in-class and online discussions so that students are interacting meaningfully with each […]

]]> 9a06c878d8259996872e7184144ccb8a Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1299 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:41:44 -0500 By Elizabeth Decker
By the time our students reach their seat in a college classroom, many of them are indoctrinated in the American style of passive learning: sitting in a seat that may have been assigned, or […]

]]> f92bb8e55e3502c3624c328431199e57 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) and Irvin Vita are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/476995/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:04:54 -0500 4aed5b49f76b9bb989f6fccb359e63f4 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1272 Thu, 02 Nov 2017 16:45:25 -0400 If there’s one thing that we understand over here at Ask Andy, it’s that all grad students have multiple responsibilities to simultaneously juggle and manage. From fellowship requirements, to our own research, wri […]

]]> d0c5266e557db12c3d437708f777654b Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1195 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 21:04:57 -0400 For many instructors, student participation is at once an abiding goal and a source of concern. On the one hand, attempts to structure and assess participation entail a whole subset of pedagogical questions. What […]

]]> e6c9bfeb505deeb05b3b822208423bf6 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1150 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:38:09 -0400 However divergent our disciplines or courses, graduate instructors often find themselves pondering similar questions, starting with the basics. What readings will I assign? How can I get students to talk? What do […]

]]> 89ad686e4b1d5fd46818d12392516324 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1206 Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:37:02 -0400 Dear Andy: I just got a letter about my upcoming teaching observation. I have no idea who my assigned observer is, and I don’t really know what to expect. Help!   

Signed, Panicky First Time Teacher

This is […]

]]> 967560301b800160055f65840025984a Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1160 Wed, 04 Oct 2017 15:37:17 -0400 Visible Pedagogy is pleased to announce the four GC students who will serve as contributing  writers during the Fall 2017 semester: Ana Flávia Bádue (Cultural Anthropology), Rachel Bogan (Sociology), Inés Vañ […]

]]> 1b331e90373f0ae9a3c3eab74d9f1dbb Elizabeth Alsop (she/her)'s profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/470916/ Wed, 13 Sep 2017 02:34:52 -0400 1a0bb77cc9e6af5e9a17cd49aa8dd411 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1105 Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:10:40 -0400 The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) is seeking contributing writers for our blog, Visible Pedagogy, now entering its second year. Currently, we are looking for 5 writers who are interested i […]

]]> bdc30065972551714e0b6c4d95b8b6ff Elizabeth Alsop edited the blog post Call for Contributing Writers: Write for Visible Pedagogy! in the group The Teaching and Learning Center https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2017/08/21/call-for-contributing-writers-write-for-the-visible-pedagogy/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:05:46 -0400 The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) is seeking contributing writers for our blog, Visible Pedagogy, now entering its second year. Currently, we are looking for 5 writers who are interested in writing a series of 4 posts during the Fall 2017 semester, on topics related to teaching and learning at CUNY. Each post should be b…[Read more]

]]> 94bfa824e7ab127385aa575f48fc3b86 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1095 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:15:28 -0400 By Andie Silva
I jumped at the opportunity to join the CUNY Academic Commons Faculty Fellowship team this past spring because I was getting ready to pilot a new course at York College, aimed precisely at […]

]]> 595aec477936914408c9a7d4742378cf Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1092 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:02:31 -0400 By Jennifer Corby
Prior to joining the Kingsborough faculty, I worked as an Instructional Technology Fellow with the Macaulay Honors College. This position had two primary duties. The first entailed working with […]

]]> ed5d5d73edd780af19712d610858ad3d Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1077 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:54:30 -0400 By Leah Anderst
The Spring 2017 semester was not the first time I created a blogging assignment for one of my classes. I used a blog for a previous iteration of this same documentary film class at QCC, and I’ve u […]

]]> f6c643fa293023e64cc8a121f2f88996 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1086 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:53:16 -0400 By Janette Tilley
One of the great challenges that comes with undergraduate academic writing in the disciplines is the question of genre. Just what is a good research paper and do students know what this genre […]

]]> bff94007d1315784978c54ec286d261b Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1073 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:25:12 -0400 By Prithi Kanakamedala
In Spring 2017, thanks to a generous CUNY Academic Commons (CAC) Faculty Fellowship, I was able to combine a number of scholarly and pedagogical interests in my HIS 37 African-American […]

]]> d206c0e8d41eaa401a2666d4eaa8d60b Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=957 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 20:11:49 -0400 By Elizabeth Alsop
On May 8, 2017 Teach@CUNY Day featured two exceptional keynotes, a slate of dynamic workshops, and—it must be said—some excellent schwag. But one of the most memorable moments arrived earl […]

]]> a2c33bab6ec04b0565a21e05e73d5297 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=944 Thu, 25 May 2017 16:33:03 -0400 By Inés Vañó García and Naomi Lewandowski
Being part of The Open Teaching Initiative’s Class Visit Exchange Program has been an opportunity to reflect on teaching and learning strategies from a brand new poi […]

]]> f048c4367ec48fa532b75359339439e0 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=937 Wed, 24 May 2017 18:41:15 -0400 By Jules Salomone and Alessandra Migliara
This conversation is based on our visits to each other’s classrooms during Open Classroom Week, part of the TLC’s Open Teaching Initiative.

Jules: At the beginning of […]

]]> 4a1afe6c5e8b54df545de741b5c388e4 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=934 Wed, 24 May 2017 17:14:44 -0400 By Jonathan Kwan and Iris Strangmann
Though every class is different, each generally entails a spectrum of student participators, from the very talkative to the somewhat talkative, to the completely silent. […]

]]> 5ba7b734de2680e91192d65046c3c442 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=931 Wed, 24 May 2017 14:15:38 -0400 By Kristen Hackett and Ryan Donovan
The conversation below is based on our visits to each other’s classes, which was facilitated by the Classroom Visit Exchange program, part of the TLC’s Open Teaching […]

]]> 0ef468448dbfec696f7419617d1abdf9 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=887 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:43:41 -0400 By Jesse Rappaport
One of the great things about teaching at CUNY is that because we teach so many classes as graduate students, we get the chance to experiment with different techniques and tools. I took this […]

]]> 97d0f76999d5b24e31f9c2501a4fabe3 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=880 Fri, 05 May 2017 00:36:54 -0400 By Elizabeth Alsop
Last Fall, I attended a talk by Kingsborough Community College professor Lourdes Follins, who presented  her research on the experience of historically underrepresented faculty at CUNY’s co […]

]]> e19e3d809124abc1b41eef8a90711f2b Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=855 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:48:52 -0400 By Avra Spector (Guest Curator)
In March, the TLC launched the Open Teaching Initiative (OTI): a two-week project designed to support and expand cross-disciplinary dialogue about teaching among Graduate Center […]

]]> 0d1324a2aeb7a4cfb8fb99a5181f62e7 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=852 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:48:30 -0400 By Rafael Davis Portela
Teaching is a contradictory activity. Even though it is social and full of human interaction by its nature, the traditional format of classes can often make the educator feel very much […]

]]> 66e0848f55be3e5dbf3b452103794957 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=846 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:48:07 -0400 By Simone Kolysh
When I first began teaching in 2011, there was not a lot of help available to new adjuncts as far as pedagogy, curriculum construction or teaching skill acquisition. I wanted to open my classroom […]

]]> bd42a8ba17cd35d9325f10f728c7416b Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=843 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:47:49 -0400 By Jing Zhao
I visited three classes: Barry Goldberg’s US History 1865-Present course at Queens College, Mark Drury’s Introduction to Cultural Anthropology at Hunter College, and Antoinette Williams-Tutt’s Eleme […]

]]> 43cc32b195ed53f373aefa34957ed42e Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=850 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:46:28 -0400 By Ernesto Cuba
Simone’s classroom was so packed that I was afraid of stealing a student’s spot. In the session I attended, they lectured about Intersectionality (an analytical tool that intersects identities and […]

]]> 83bee509f45912402911a48a5805884e Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=848 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:46:02 -0400 By Antoinette J. Williams-Tutt
Opening my classroom gave me a valuable opportunity to consider how to make my subject matter (French language) accessible to fellow Graduate Center students outside of my […]

]]> b700f8e5b4deb90017c340e9a6185a6e Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=841 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:45:46 -0400 By Marino A. Mugayar-Baldocchi
I opened up my Personality and Individual Differences classroom (PSY3064) at Baruch College to Sandra from the English department and Ashley from the Industrial-Organizational […]

]]> 5dbbb4886c9687dfa85f3c0bbf3e6f4b Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy https://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=839 Thu, 04 May 2017 14:45:30 -0400 By Barry Goldberg
Becoming a better teacher is a game of trial and error. Learning how to design curriculum, present material, respond to students, and otherwise integrate oneself into the life of an academic […]

]]> 5c11c255824f34de1b0608dab2b973c3 Elizabeth Alsop edited the blog post Teaching the Humanities at Community Colleges: Perspectives and Practices in the group The Teaching and Learning Center http://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2017/04/19/teaching-the-humanities-at-community-colleges-perspectives-and-practices-424/ Wed, 19 Apr 2017 19:31:11 -0400 April 24th, 6:30-8:30pm

Room 9204

Join us for a panel discussion with five faculty members who will share their experiences teaching the humanities at CUNY’s community colleges. Panelists will offer brief presentations addressing a range of topics, including the challenges and the opportunities they’ve encountered teaching the humanities at…[Read more]

]]> b358a93e02bed8686069b1764cffc4dd Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy http://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=778 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:09:54 -0400 By Alicia Andrzejewski
On the first day of class, a student handed me the following note:

He was someone who always sat in front of the class; took copious notes; held Wilfred Owen and war poetry close; […]

]]> 5ede6de9479897c175cf933ec32f08c5 Elizabeth Alsop (she/her) wrote a new post on the site Visible Pedagogy http://vp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=767 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:09:48 -0400 By Ria Banerjee
“Universal design” has become a catchphrase at our college in recent months, brought about in part by the increased recognition of neurodiverse students in our campus community. As I’ve learn […]

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