CUNY Academic Commons

Loved the visual resource! I definitely prefer a document like this over lengthy and wordy texts! The visuals and illustrations made it fun, personable, and easy to read. This is exactly my kind of thing, which is why I like to incorporate memes, GIFs, and my Bitmoji to my Blackboard courses, class slides, and announcements.

Firstly, I agree with…[Read more]

Empower learners and communities; promote joyful, meaningful learning; and transform institutions towards justice — these three Equitable CITE pedagogy goals are powerful. They’ve given me a better understanding and have opened my eyes to the positive effects CT can have on learning/teaching experiences.

The main topics that I’ve had in the back…[Read more]

Hi! Access my design process on Loopy here.

Like Dr. Johnson, I wanted to use a platform I was less familiar with, so I used Loopy — and it’s so cool! I illustrated a general design process I tend to use when I have to create a lesson plan for the classroom, or even to create DIY projects like floral jewelry for my wedding. I personally love the…[Read more]

Hi Dr. Choi,

I totally know what you mean! I’m not sure if this will help, but in order to make my Slides just a tad more interesting/visually appealing, I like to use Slides templates from websites like Slidesgo or Slides Carnival. The templates are already formatted and organized nicely and even have formatted timeline slides, charts, etc.…[Read more]

Hi! Access my remixed activity here.

This was challenging because I thought the original activity was great the way it was! I remixed it by incorporating considerations of practicality — encouraging my students to think about what might make it easy to embody the mindsets and what do they think will make it difficult, and brainstorming possible…[Read more]

Hi! My name is Propa. I am an adjunct in BCC’s EDU dept.

The cards I kept in my hand all the way to the end were 13, 26, 30, 41, 28. This was tough — I felt that so many cards were relevant to me! At the end, I did tinker with the rules a little bit…. After I drew all the cards from the deck into the the discard and overflow pile, I reviewed…[Read more]

Hi! My name is Propa. I’m an adjunct in the Education & Academic Literacy department at BCC. I’ve used the Commons once before for a world humanities class during undergrad at CCNY. I’m quite familiar with the other digital tools Padlet, Jamboard, Flipgrid, etc; I’ve used them frequently during my time as a 4th grade public school teacher,…[Read more]