Hostos Community College

Rose: It is too early for this one for me.

Thorn: Students need support with technology

Bud: Students like the idea of working with creating the children’s book.

There were a few core takeaways from this module. I struggle with Scratch. I understand the concepts with Scratch, but I get all turned around when it comes to the follow-through. In this case, literally!! The struggle is important for the students to interact with as this builds character and knowledge. The other takeaway that I saw was the…[Read more]

Hi All,

First, I would like to say that I believe the spotlights really enhance and put what we have been reading into practice. For me, I think the challenge is that I am putting too much thought into this exercise of creating an artifact. By putting too much worry and focus, I think I need to think of the simple aspects of what I want my…[Read more]

Hello All.

This is a model of my design process: https://www.canva.com/design/DAFlASvKqmw/3Sv0ef8ht16xRoukxuJmcQ/edit?utm_content=DAFlASvKqmw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

I like to think in terms of SMART Goals to think about the practical nature of what needs to be done throughout the way. I think I want the…[Read more]

Hello Everyone!

I am attaching my remixed activity to get students to feel comfortable with each other and to understand what is important for them to do to work together successfully.

Hello Everyone. I am Marcella Mandracchia, and I am an adjunct assistant professor at Hostos CC in the Education Department.

I followed the rules to a particular letter! My modification was that I tried only to have 5 in my overflow pile. I did this to review what I had in that pile and see if I needed to move anything from my overflow pile to my…[Read more]

Hello Everyone! My name is Marcella Mandracchia.  I am an adjunct faculty member in Teacher Education at Hostos Community College. I am also an adjunct faculty in the LCD for TESOL at Queens College. I use the pronouns she/her/hers.

I also teach and am an administrator at Adelphi University in their College of Education and Health Sciences.

I…[Read more]