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Great examples, Scott! I find these to be extremely helpful in visualizing what we might do with our course sites. I am inspired!

Some ideas from our April 1 session: 1) Use Google street views for a virtual “tour” . . . or task students to create a tour. 2) Take a walk to the park and just sit and READ in the park 3) Give an assignment that requires students to visit a site on their own […]

“A Liberal Arts Education Changes Lives” is the most powerful, short, down-to-earth and relevant-to-City Tech statement in favor of a ‘liberal arts’ education that I have read, and it includes a straightforward definition of what the authors mean by a ‘liberal arts education.’ We are not discussing ‘icing on the cake.’ The outcomes described are […]

Jeannette Wing’s “Computational Thinking” is challenging. Her long list of “computational thinking is ____” statements left me wondering, “what kind of thinking is NOT ‘computational’?” and “what is the difference between ‘computational thinking’ and ‘critical thinking’?” To the latter I would say these concepts are closely related. Perhaps…[Read more]

Maria,
I agree! This could be a fruitful investigation–what are the community colleges doing about general education, at CUNY and beyond.
Shelley

Zotero has a new standalone version. Although it’s in alpha, it’s worth knowing about, since it means you no longer needs to use Firefox to use Zotero. Here’s a link to the standalone version: http://www.zotero.org/support/standalone