CUNY Academic Commons | Loretta Brancaccio-Taras | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/loretta/activity/ Activity feed for Loretta Brancaccio-Taras. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 357e82c9bdeeb504b8adaf2f3a485ce0 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras uses the digital research tool Commons In A Box https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/898576/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:17:24 -0500 0d1e44233d61256e64488c025c747c24 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/848199/ Sat, 18 Jun 2022 13:40:30 -0400 19739d796bd85479de8edbf84e635f08 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=208 Mon, 04 May 2020 15:23:05 -0400 On April 30th, 2020 KCeL offered its first Playing to your Strengths as an Instructor session. The session description is
Faculty have a wealth of experience in teaching dynamic, face to face classes that include […]

]]> 7319ece174478036347468499a70b217 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=204 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:12:09 -0400 There was discussion about an event during the fall 2019 semester for faculty to showcase their online courses and/or to learn about online courses.  We brainstormed about what would be of greatest interest to […]

]]> 66d816d46b833577d993deb1a1c367e9 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=196 Mon, 13 May 2019 15:12:18 -0400 Teaching with Technology FIG

Meeting 2 of Spring 2019 Semester- May 7 and May 8, 2019

At our meetings, we reviewed various tools people have been using with their classes.  Most were Blackboard tools.  H […]

]]> 1c063616622df9b26541d2b6b6b5bb5f Loretta Brancaccio-Taras joined the group The Group for Group Admins https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/575428/ Sat, 04 May 2019 20:25:14 -0400 c718c5d293c427ab8de76652473416d3 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=192 Thu, 04 Apr 2019 13:09:32 -0400 Teaching with Technology FIG

Meeting 1 of Spring 2019 Semester- April 2 and April 3, 2019

 

We discussed the article, Gavassa, S., Benebentos, R,. Kravec, M., Colllins, T., and Eddy ,S. 2019.  “ […]

]]> 5f8d340057d3d33032a2e26757fe0634 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=187 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:27:20 -0500 12.5. 18TWT FIG

We talked about how to create engaging materials for students using Toondoo and Adobe Spark.

Since this was our last meeting of the fall semester, we thought about what we would like to do […]

]]> c0d830c2cbf1d7e41403ba9585120ce1 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=183 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:20:38 -0500 At today’s Teaching with technology meeting, John Acosta gave us an introduction to SCORMs, shareable content object reference model.  As John described it, a SCORM is like a box that you place all of your […]

]]> 6af71b1f55830671f1ef1ee466baff2d Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=180 Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:07:12 -0400 Dorina Tila showed the group the various ways data can be gathered about students using Blackboard analytics. We reviewed:

Course reports:  one option is user activity. A report can be generated for each […]

]]> 9b25ef9e3119f047aec32e18f6d82cd1 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=174 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:57:40 -0400 The TWT FIG meeting on May 30th was presented by KCeL and Peter Santiago of Accessibility Services. Peter described how certain materials can be inaccessible to some learners. Tsubasa demonstrated how to make your […]

]]> 1d2c802b60cfbc79fd4e9af62ff03937 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=171 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:45:58 -0400 The TWT FIG met on April 25th.  We worked on an activity about how technology has changed education.  TWT s18 worksheet how tech has changed ed

Technology has definitely impacted how we teach and students le […]

]]> d0feeeb812d60612d18ab45aa4a8b0c4 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=168 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:11:18 -0400 The TWT FIG held its first meeting on March 28th and April 17th in order to try to accommodate as many interested colleagues as possible. Here is a list of tools we discussed:

Time toast – creates t […]

]]> 747d5376caf2a5eb8f889dceb3471464 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=164 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:45:48 -0500 The topic of the TWT FIG Meeting was Using Google Features.
We discussed the benefits of using Google Drive and reviewed the following features:

Docs
Sheets
Slides
Sites
Forms
Hangouts

The […]

]]> 304f9bafbc861e5ba038c9567adfee3a Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=162 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:31:43 -0500 Our discussion was based on the reading of the article, “A comparison of reading comprehension across paper, computer screens, and tablets: Does tablet familiarity matter?” published in the Journal of Com […]

]]> c808b047e6573f4da31f65c729bdc8b0 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=160 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:08:27 -0500 We discussed the reading, Helping Students Make the Right Call on Cell Phones.  The article presents different points about cell phones in the classroom, from allowing students to use them, to asking students to […]

]]> 147c6f73de8492766ac53a9ad7b6ef24 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=157 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 20:19:38 -0400 We can all use more time with our students outside of the classroom.  A webinar might be a way to connect with students and provide them with more personalized guidance on a particular topic

Free Platforms: G […]

]]> 3cc24d9c08ef79f96a407c95b356519f Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=152 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 20:12:28 -0400 Today we talked about different ways you can use videos in your class.  Videos can be used as a way to help students prepare for class and engage learners is a way that might be more interesting than reading […]

]]> f65199b036f6b44ecf8efb5ea24ab3ec Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology https://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=149 Tue, 04 Jul 2017 20:06:44 -0400 Today we talked about Open Educational Resources (OERs).  Mark Eaton, KCC’s Librarian is actively involved in CUNY’s OER work.  If you are interested in developing an OER for your course, please contact Mark E […]

]]> a26c57031f56dc07ad47d567e34af05e Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=133 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 19:31:36 -0500 At today’s meeting Stella Woodruffe, Director of Access-Ability Services (D205), led our discussion on universal design.  The basic premise of universal design is to engage all learners by presenting materials in […]

]]> 12590336cff545994bd5fad3fb60a079 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=130 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:54:41 -0500 Today’s discussion focused on strategies for good communication with your students outside of class, These strategies can be effective for those teaching face-to-face, online or hybrid classes.

Strategies […]

]]> 88376533bbb5e5d0ff33d6615f33591b Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=127 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 12:46:08 -0500 Today, Mark Eaton from the Library talked about OERs.  The library has an OER content page and they are will to working with faculty on development of an OER.  Contact Mark Eaton to get you started.

OERs p […]

]]> 26072d21ebba5d11d39ed3e7ae344dc7 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras changed their profile picture https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/435010/ Mon, 30 May 2016 21:27:42 -0400 205b2080ad2b6d466e1d6a62c6204995 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=124 Mon, 30 May 2016 21:25:07 -0400 Today’s discussion focused on powerpoint.

We did an activity where we pointed out the things that were wrong in a Powerpoint Loretta showed the group.  Then, participants showed us the Powerpoint presentation t […]

]]> f1ed204e04b7edb443021a99d0144518 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=122 Mon, 30 May 2016 21:19:38 -0400 At today’s meeting we did an activity to help us reflect on what we want our students to know and what we do to facilitate students’ learning the things we think are the most important for them to know. […]

]]> 1ef182c0533ba024c1f25d19cdbbd1bd Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=113 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:22:31 -0500 Some TWT FIG members expressed their discussion boards never received too much activity or the responses were a few words and did not reflect true student engagement with each other as well as the course content. […]

]]> da0c6cddd4bf3cab5bd3d525439ec1cf Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=110 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 20:02:49 -0500 We discussed a number of apps you can use with your students.  Examples included:

Educreations:  short videos can be made explaining a concept.  It works like a white board where you can draw and explain a co […]

]]> d9549877f2b6d5c1732679f0aba3d4c0 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras wrote a new post on the site Teaching with Technology http://kctltech.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=68 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:20:01 -0400 At our first meeting, we discussed the article “Flipped Class Trends:  A Survey of College Faculty”, a special report from Faculty Focus. Between our discussion and the KCTL survey you completed, below is a list […]

]]> 0f89bbb814865cf4c6e6fbc97531c669 Loretta Brancaccio-Taras became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/416131/ Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:43:11 -0400