I totally recognized Lisbeth’s situation. I have felt it myself and seen students struggle with keeping track of multiple logins necessary to access the CUNY technology complex. The answer to her problem is obvious, but not. It is not  always obvious who to ask and where to get help. Sometimes help is not there when you need it. Sometimes you ask…[Read more]

The readings inspired many ideas about what and how for artifact design; it also highlighted the challenges. Two notions that are sticking with me now are ‘internalized misogyny and white supremacy’ and ‘diversity is the norm’ mentioned in the Empowering Learners and Communities section. In our, Introduction to Language class, a primary goal is to…[Read more]

Taking another look at data in Excel was helpful…filter and pivot tables were new to me.

I have use Jamboard in the past in synchronous online courses. It offered some good ways to present material and get students to contribute. I took a look at Padlet; I liked the look of it and how it focused on images. Loopy reminded me of Jamboard, perhaps…[Read more]

I agree with my colleagues, keeping an open mind on where to set intentions is important, and the activity is very straight forward so the remix was a little challenging. That being said, three mindsets really resonated with me and I tried to think of how I enact them in courses I teach. Grounding abstract mindsets into action is helpful and, I…[Read more]

I went through the cards a few weeks ago. My approach was quick with a few piles: yes, maybe, not interested, couldn’t help but notice many similar overlapping themes.

I chose:

#1. I am personally a little confounded by computational thinking, so it seems like something to tackle

#3 Innovation and new knowledge can be enhanced by more knowledge…[Read more]

Hi,

I’m Laurie Gluck (she/her). I work at LaGuardia Community College in Education and Language Acquisition department. I teach linguistics and ESL composition. The biggest benefit of taking on the role of learner in a course like this is getting back into the learner’s chair. I try very hard to be sensitive to students as they approaching the…[Read more]