CUNY Academic Commons

Implementing Storybird (digital storytelling) activity was a ROSE! It was a wonderful experience. Students worked in pairs, collaboratively to create their digital stories, using artwork from illustrators around the world. The activity was conducted over two weeks and the resulting digital picture books were beautiful and diverse and expressed…[Read more]

Hi Casandra:

I thought the game as played on the website was interesting, because it forced one-to-one choices. I had to make difficult decisions to proceed to the next round of choices. I

With the hand-held cards, I was able to defer some of the hard choices by keeping a second pile to go back to.

I’m not sure which was a more accurate…[Read more]

Hi Sara and Aankit:

This isn’t a question, but rather a comment about Module 8 Critically Conscious Computing (there was no discussion board and I wasn’t sure if it would confuse people if I posted my comments on the Padlet).

I loved these resources. I downloaded articles and handouts, tinkered with the MadLibs activity on the Civics of…[Read more]