Teachers and students alike have the power to make or break a class. I step into a class aware I have a stake in its success and so do those I teach. Understandably, we (teacher and students) lose sight of the goal. The syllabus helps me think through the road map for individual courses. However, daily, I keep looking for ways to identify and…[Read more]

I’m realizing from my participation in CITE so far, that I’m not that visual a person, meaning I don’t always respond to graphics that well and don’t always comprehend them that well. Although I love visual art, I’ve been intensely drawn to print and to reading and writing since I was a very young child.

So, maybe it’s me but I didn’t enjoy…[Read more]

I really appreciate the thoughtful, in depth approach taken by the CITE group to framing equity. One thing that stands out to me is the inclusion of joy, creativity and expression. I think that, commonly, when issues of educational equity are addressed, and when computing related praxis is explored, the focus is frequently on quantitative findings…[Read more]

I used Google Slides. Basic I know, but I hadn’t used it much and it’s so useful to be proficient with it.
Here’s a link to my presentation: “HOW I CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT”: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TZZmPKuzpH34rhBQ_gRf9Jw7Y6FXQJP95YSWiPHIYk0/edit#slide=id.g255451e1937_0_25
Really, I learned mostly about just the basics of how to…[Read more]

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13v2918C69sloJDmMYzFfGZedQ7KPbeu6C7FVSwiuI6M/edit?usp=sharing
I tweaked this activity so that it incorporated an active listening component and an opportunity for group members to voice their thoughts in pairs initially because this can be a more comfortable way to share for some people than is doing so in a…[Read more]

Joanna – I like rule bending and tinkering too but am not sure the NYCDOT shares this value lol. Could be a costly experiment for you!

Hi –
I’m Laura Kates, Professor in the KCC Education Program since 2006.
I don’t recall just which cards I chose, because I submitted the form awhile back. I do remember that it was VERY difficult to choose just five because they all seemed so important. In fact, I think about them all the time because, taken together, they were such a wonderful…[Read more]