<tt><font size=2>The Department of Undergraduate Studies and Online Education
at Lehman College invites you to register for its 2nd Annual Faculty Technology
Demonstration Day: Blending with Purpose, on Friday May 4, 2012. Keynote
introduction by Dr. Anthony Picciano, professor and executive officer at
the CUNY Graduate center who will speak about his Blended with Purpose,
hybrid teaching model.<br>
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Faculty and leaders representing a number of disciplines from the humanities
to the sciences will present their own creative methods for Blending with
Purpose: pedagogical strategies and techniques that represent exemplary
practice in classroom, hybrid and online teaching here at Lehman, so do
make a plan to join us! <br>
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Breakfast and Lunch provided by Lehman College and The Department of Undergraduate
Studies and Online Education. <br>
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Date: Friday May 4th 2012<br>
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Time: 9:30 am – 3 pm<br>
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Location: Lehman College, Carman Hall Multimedia Center room B 81/83<br>
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9:30- Registration/breakfast/Introductions<br>
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Workshop Sessions include:<br>
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Alternative discussion methods- Involving your students in
online discussion in the Education and Arts and Humanities classroom. Amanda
Gulla, Assistant Professor, English Education, Teresa O’Neill, Adjunct
Instructor, Multidisciplinary Humanities, Robyn Spencer, Assistant Professor,
History<br>
Purposeful blending in the sciences: Wesley Pits, Assistant
Professor of Middle and High School Education et al, STEM Research, Vincent<br>
Prohaska, Associate Professor, Psychology- iClickers<br>
Accessing Alternative Online Sites and Learning Platforms:
Taking a closer look at Mobile technology, Google Sites and the CUNY Commons.
Limor Pinhasi-Vittorio, Associate Professor, Coordinator of Literacy Studies,
Division of Education; Gina Rae Foster, Director, Lehman Teaching and Learning
Commons, and Stefanie Havelka, Assistant Professor, Library<br>
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Working Lunch: Blogger, VoiceThread, Prezi... Wikis! Social media are
all the rage now but are they part of the Web 2.0 teaching revolution or
are these tools merely 'flash' and 'gimmick'? What are some of the ways
we can best implement them in the blended environment to offer meaningful
learning experiences to benefit our students and ourselves as teachers?
Angela Francis, Lecturer, English Department, David Gantz, Adjunct Lecturer,
Philosophy, and Barry Murdaco, Adjunct Lecturer, Political Science<br>
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Presentation by Blackboard Online Teaching & Learning
Specialist, Steve Castellano<br>
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Steve will provide us with an introduction to the new Blackboard
version 9.1. At the start of the first Summer 2012 semester, students and
faculty will be upgraded to the latest version of Blackboard. This this
demonstration will be a first-look at the new learning platform. <br>
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Dr. Kenneth Lord<br>
Assistant to the Provost for Educational Technology (</font><a href=www.qc.cuny.edu/edtech><font size=2 face="sans-serif">www.qc.cuny.edu/edtech</font></a><font size=2 face="sans-serif">)<br>
Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee<br>
Lecturer, Computer Science<br>
Queens College, CUNY<br>
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