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I felt like the perspectives of the teacher candidates were very relatable around technology. It’s so clear from this resource that technology is not a monolith. I found the poem from Cecilia’s student really powerful. As a parent, I worry about kids using technology in harmful ways and finding new ways to hide behind technology. My daughter is a…[Read more]

The CITE Document on Equitable Pedagogy is really powerful and thought-provoking. I see a lot of overlap with information literacy frameworks around authority being contextual in terms of honoring other forms of learning. My work in Open Education is very much centered around access and learner-centered processes. I was so glad to see that this…[Read more]

For the design process, I played with Loopy. I had never used this tool before so I waned to try it out and I was excited that it was an open source tool. I read the FAQ and saw that the tool and the visualizations are in the public domain. This is great for me to know about for helping faculty in creating OER. It took me a few minutes to figure…[Read more]

Hi all,

I’m Stacy Katz, Associate Professor and Open Resources Librarian at Lehman College. I looked through the entire deck first. I used the physical cards, but it may have been easier for me to look at them online. My 7 year old was sitting with me so she read some of the cards out loud to me also.

I chose:

• 42 – teachers can learn to find,…

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Hi everyone,

I’m Stacy Katz (she/her/hers) and I’m an Associate Professor and Open Resources Librarian-STEM Liaison at Lehman College. I’ve helped faculty to create websites for their courses on the Commons, especially before we had access to Pressbooks and Manifold, which are both open publishing tools. I’ve used Jamboard, Flipgrid, and Padlet,…[Read more]

Your grandmother sounds like an interesting woman! Were you in a rush with the interview? It seems like a lot of the questions, and therefore the answers too, are rushed and abbreviated. It would be nice to learn more. Some of the things you reflect on in the analysis didn’t come up in the interview and would have been good to discuss: like…[Read more]

I love your thoughts on stories! So interesting.