CUNY Academic Commons | Shelley | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ssmith/activity/ Activity feed for Shelley. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 9e6865894f04e2188662aa3d94cd8c6f Shelley commented on the post, Class Site and Group Research Project, on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/06/13/class-site-and-group-research-project/#comment-180 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:40:47 -0400 Great examples, Scott! I find these to be extremely helpful in visualizing what we might do with our course sites. I am inspired!

]]> 8664ff766da33c7919e7edcdd70f18db Shelley wrote a new post on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/05/22/reacting-to-the-past/ Mon, 23 May 2011 00:27:27 -0400 Check this out: http://reacting.barnard.edu/ “Reacting to the Past (RTTP) consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. Class sessions are run entirely by students; instructors advise and guide students and grade their oral and written work. It seeks to draw […]

]]> 32a53d0658ebef22f973599486779932 Shelley commented on the post, How many ways can we use Brooklyn as a laboratory?, on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/03/29/how-many-ways-can-we-use-brooklyn-as-a-laboratory/#comment-120 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:42:35 -0400 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 […]

]]> 03c1822a1b74869e3672ce0e692e75d1 Shelley wrote a new post on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/03/29/how-many-ways-can-we-use-brooklyn-as-a-laboratory/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:48:37 -0400 In preparation for Friday, please think about the many ways we can use Brooklyn as a laboratory to support our courses. There are many possibilities, beyond the ‘field trip.’ For architecture, this is easy. We assign design studio projects for nearby sites, interact with ‘real’ clients such as the Brooklyn BID’s (Business Improvement Districts), we […]

]]> 8b0e86fe0fdc5f1111c4a17b74d39bda Shelley wrote a new post on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/03/27/fellows-at-the-museum-of-natural-history-2/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:07:15 -0400 Thumbnail

]]> 9753d273994fcf9b906dae416acbaf7d Shelley commented on the post, Reading responses to Dean Edelstein and Gregory C. Wolniak, Tricia A. Seifert, and Charles F. Blaich, on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/02/15/reading-responses-to-dean-edelstein-and-gregory-c-wolniak-tricia-a-seifert-and-charles-f-blaich/#comme Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:08:35 -0500 “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 […]

]]> f3dc4da09199022e3f468ffaa63f4eb8 Shelley commented on the post, Readings for Seminar Meetings, on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/readings/#comment-35 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:35:02 -0500 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]

]]> f4883612fb5aa0a22619ce08a0a8f4a7 Shelley commented on the post, Readings for Seminar Meetings, on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/readings/#comment-34 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:28:58 -0500 Maria,
I agree! This could be a fruitful investigation–what are the community colleges doing about general education, at CUNY and beyond.
Shelley

]]> f1b8a7faba9a97278dc089b95625d25e Shelley commented on the post, Zotero, on the site A Living Laboratory: General Education Seminars at City Tech http://livinglab.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2011/01/22/zotero/#comment-21 Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:54:58 -0500 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

]]> 56c006503229aea4dfbfccbbe8285145 Shelley E Smith became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/10197/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:44:46 -0500 Shelley E Smith became a registered member 16 years, 4 months ago

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