CUNY Academic Commons | markjames7 | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/markjames7/activity/ Activity feed for markjames7. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 96c9db781d713e0e1ba128b5e29693dd markjames7 wrote a new post on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/05/13/using-twitter-in-the-classroom/ Fri, 13 May 2011 13:30:33 -0400 Hi All:

Here’s an interesting article on using Twitter in all types of classrooms.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/education/13social.html?_r=1&hp

]]> 67e2c2139e3ff15c0341c1bcc75b156b markjames7 created the group Brooklyn Waterfront https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/47986/ Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:08:07 -0400 1b9896e0b61761a54135cb21d340db26 markjames7 wrote a new post on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/03/18/the-new-humanism/ Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:43:09 -0400 At our last session, I expressed my view that “General Education” is too generic a term to permit meaningful dialogue especially when it comes to “reforming” education.  Yes, it’s important to have our students be broadly educated, to make connections across disciplines, and for educators to create pedagogical tools that will serve our students well in an increasingly global and […]

]]> 3521d44e78953521a5690f53156c14c8 markjames7 commented on the post, Feynman, Gen Ed, and more, on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/01/22/feynman-gen-ed-and-more/#comment-2 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:18:00 -0500 In my view, Richard P. Feynman’s book is marvelous on so many fronts. It’s humorous, captivating, smart, refreshingly candid and has lots and lots to say about what it means to be a top-notch intellectual, academic, teacher, and magnetic personality all in one. His book has a lot to say to our group and university […]

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