CUNY Academic Commons

I thought the visual storytelling resource was an excellent way to share information.  I consider myself to be a very good reader, but having the graphic novel formatting even helped me to stay focused on the material.  I’d  like to try it out myself.

A lot of what was shared resonated with me. I understand what it feels like to be overloaded wi…[Read more]

• Where do you see connections between the spotlights you read last week and the ideas shared about equity in this week’s resources?

CITE’s careful thinking about inequities is apparent in the materials I’ve read so far. In this response I’m going to comment on the connections between CITE’s ideas about equity and the spotlights I viewed and w…[Read more]

I made a presentation of my design process using Canva, a platform that I have been wanting to try for quite a while.

I did look at the privacy policy. It said that if you log in using a third party, like facebook etc, the third party can have access to your work. The problem is that there isn’t a way to log into Canva without the use of a…[Read more]

My reflection on my remix of the activity: 

The main change I made was when asking students to share a mindset card that was important to them, I asked them not to repeat a card that had previously been shared by a classmate. Even though people may not be able to share their most preferred mindsets, this change would allow the class to fully…[Read more]

Intro: I’m Megan Blumenreich (she, her) from CCNY, professor in Childhood Education and Program Director.

Share the rationale cards: 

5. we need to level the playing field and help close the “digital divide” for young people who attend lower-resourced schools.

8. teachers and students  can use new media  and computing as a tool for voice, pa…[Read more]

Hi,

My name is Megan Blumenreich (she, her) and I’m a Childhood Education professor at CCNY.  I’m also the program director.

I learned about CUNY’s Academic Commons a while back and will be happy to learn more about it.  I use Flipgrid and Padlet in my courses (since COVID) and am eager to learn about integrating similar resources into my courses.