May 2012 - Socrates - QC Mailman 3 Archives

Apprenticeships for students at the Rubin Museum of Art
by yasemin.jones＠qc.cuny.edu 23 May '12

23 May '12

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Reminder: May 15, 4pm: Surviving the Grading Season
by Fei-Wen.Pirovolikos＠qc.cuny.edu 14 May '12

14 May '12

Greetings: Here is a reminder of the event tomorrow on Surviving the Grading Season. Please see below for details. Thank you, Fei-Wen Pirovolikos The Center for Teaching and Learning invites faculty to a session on Surviving the Grading Season. Please join us as we discuss various grading topics including: Blackboard Gradebook (Rob Garfield), Scantron machines and CUNYfirst Grade Center (Liza Torres), procedures for handling academic misconduct (Emanuel Avila), and grading strategies (Lisa Vaia). Light refreshments will be served. You are welcome to attend virtually; please see details in the RSVP form. Location: Adjunct Faculty Resource Space in CEP Hall 2 (also known as Temp 2, by Parking Lot 7) Date: May 15, 2012 Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sign-up at: http://tinyurl.com/2012May15SurviveGrading

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Blackboard Upgrade Information and Support
by QC CTL 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear Colleagues, As Ken's announcement indicates, there will be a period from 5 pm on May 18th until sometime May 24th when Blackboard will not be available for Summer 1 course development. The Center for Teaching and Learning would like to offer our services to help ease this transition and put this time to use in preparing for your summer courses. Course content, for example, can be prepared beforehand for quick inclusion in Blackboard 9.1 when it becomes available and we can help you organize your efforts. If you are using any other web-based or digital technologies in your course -- such as ePortfolios, blogs, wikis, etc. -- we will be available to work with you on setting those up as well. You can download the announcement at http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/edtech/Bb9Upgrade/PreparingForBb9.pdf *Please note that Summer 1 courses will be available in Blackboard 8.0 until the May 18th cutoff; and, most importantly, these courses will be migrated over to Blackboard 9.1 by May 24th.* So, any work you do on them up until Friday will not be lost. Below we have listed open times when you should feel free to drop by our lab and get support. You are also welcome to set up an appointment with a technologist outside of these times, depending on our availability. See our contact information below. *Open Lab Availability*: *Location*: Razran 360 *Dates*: Monday 5/21 - Wednesday 5/23 (and Thursday, if necessary), *Times*: 11 am - 2 pm *Technologists*: Jean Kelly, jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu Fei-Wen Pirovolikos, yokodirect(a)gmail.com Rob Garfield, james.garfield(a)qc.cuny.edu Best, The Center for Teaching and Learning Razran 316 Queens College 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, NY 11367-1597 718-997-4650 (voice) 718-997-4698 (fax)

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fall 2012 course: Collaborative workshop in theater and dance
by Eva.Fernandez＠qc.cuny.edu 14 May '12

14 May '12

Dear colleagues, Please let your students know about an exciting new course in fall 2012: Collaborative Workshop in Theatre and Dance, co-taught by Katherine Profeta and Edisa Weeks with the Dept. of Drama Theatre and Dance. Thursdays 1:40pm ? 4:30pm Performance Box - Rathaus Hall M11 Course # - DRAM 381 or DANC 381 (registering under either number will add students to the same course) Course Description: Collaborative Workshop in Theatre and Dance is a combined studio and seminar course that investigates the collaborative process and interdisciplinary work between theatre and dance. Through readings, videos, attending live performances, workshops, discussions, research and the creation of performance projects, participants will become familiar with artists at the forefront of merging theater and dance; experiment with a range of methods for creating interdisciplinary work; and develop analytical, writing, creative and collaborative skills. This course fulfills the new Synthesis requirement at Queens College, and is perfect for students of various majors interested in the collaborative process and interdisciplinary connections. Some prior acting or choreography experience is required. There are a list of pre-reqs on CUNYfirst, however if students can show a similar experience acquired in a different way, they can contact the instructors to request a waiver. If you have any questions, please contact Katherine (katherine.profeta(a)qc.cuny.edu) or Edisa (eweeks(a)qc.cuny.edu) Best wishes, Eva. Eva M. Fernández Associate Professor, Linguistics & Communication Disorders | http://people.qc.cuny.edu/faculty/efernandez Director, Center for Teaching & Learning | http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl Queens College, City University of New York

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Veil'd
by Vivian.Charlop＠qc.cuny.edu 10 May '12

10 May '12

I would like to post information about our upcoming play reading, VEIL'D, Saturday, May 12 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 13 at 3:00 pm in The Performance Space, Rathaus Hall M-11. I am attaching a flyer which could go out to the list if possible. Many thanks. Vivian Charlop Director Kupferberg Center Queens College Flushing, NY 11367 718-544-2996 v 718-261-7063 f

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May 15, 4pm: Surviving Grading Season
by Fei-Wen.Pirovolikos＠qc.cuny.edu 10 May '12

10 May '12

The Center for Teaching and Learning invites faculty to a session on Surviving the Grading Season. Please join us as we discuss various grading topics including: Blackboard Gradebook (Rob Garfield), Scantron machines and CUNYfirst Grade Center (Liza Torres), procedures for handling academic misconduct (Emanuel Avila), and grading strategies (Lisa Vaia). Light refreshments will be served. You are welcome to attend virtually; please see details in the RSVP form. Sign-up at: http://tinyurl.com/2012May15SurviveGrading Date: May 15, 2012 Time: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Location: Adjunct Faculty Resource Space in CEP Hall 2 (also known as Temp 2, by Parking Lot 7)

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Mindfulness practices in teaching: May 15, 11 am, Razran 360
by jean.kelly＠qc.cuny.edu 08 May '12

08 May '12

Greetings, colleagues! Are you interested in the possibilities of creating a more peaceful environment in your classroom? Do you want to become more present in your own classes? Are you interested in the work of scholars and teachers around the country who are finding ways to use mindful practices with student learning? Do you have mindful practices that you could share with colleagues? If so, become part of a network of educators at CUNY who are exploring uses of mindful practices in teaching.? Join us on Tuesday, May 15th from 11 am to noon, in Razran 360. RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/mindfulness-15may2012 For more information, please contact Rikki Asher (rikki.asher(a)qc.cuny.edu) Best wishes, Jean Jean Kelly Instructional Technologist Center for Teaching & Learning | Queens College, CUNY http://www.qc.cuny.edu/CTL jean.kelly(a)qc.cuny.edu | 718.997.4857 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Blackboard Upgrade Information
by kenneth.lord＠qc.cuny.edu 07 May '12

07 May '12

Colleagues, Your assistance in distributing the attached information pertaining to the Blackboard Upgrade project would be appreciated. Thanks, Ken ======================================= Dr. Kenneth Lord Assistant to the Provost for Educational Technology ( www.qc.cuny.edu/edtech) Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Lecturer, Computer Science Queens College, CUNY

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TOMORROW, May 4th, CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE TEACHING at Queens College
by jean.kelly＠qc.cuny.edu 03 May '12

03 May '12

TOMORROW, May 4th, CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE TEACHING at Queens College CONFERENCE PROGRAM 8:30, Welcome Breakfast. Location: Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Room 230 9:00, Opening note and Introduction, Beatriz Carolina Peña, Queens Consortium on Languages Other Than English, Queens College 9:05, Welcome Remarks, William McClure, Acting Dean of Faculty, Division of Arts and Humanities, Queens College Keynote Address: Our Often-Forgotten Resource: Heritage Language Speakers Sandra B. Schreffler, Professor of Spanish and Linguistics, Department of Modern Languages, Roger Williams University, Introduced by Barbara Simerka, Acting Chair of the Hispanic Languages and Literatures Department 9:15-10:15, Location: Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Room 230 Heritage Language Placement Exams: A Case of Polish HL Learners Presenter: Agnieszka Rakowicz, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY 10:30-11:20, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 110 Teaching Italian with the ePortfolio: Integrating Technology with Purpose Presenter: Giulia Guarnieri, Bronx Community College, CUNY 10:30-11:20, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 112 Harnessing Motivation in a Spanish for Native Speakers class: An Experience with a Community-Based Curriculum Presenter: Diana P. Romero, Columbia University 10:30-11:20, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 121 “Beyond Grammar Textbooks”: A Conversation about Experiential Teaching and Learning with Bilingual Faculty Panel Chair and Moderator: Anahí Viladrich , Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, and Director of the Immigration Studies Working Group Participants: Antonietta D’Amelio, Baruch College, CUNY, Eva Fernández, Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, Robert Vago, Professor of Linguistics, Queens College and The Graduate Center, Chair, Department of Linguistics and Communication Disorders, Queens College, CUNY, Sandra M. Wozniak, Queens College, CUNY, and Columbia University 11:30-12:45, Location: Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, President’s Conference Room 2, Fifth Floor. Lunch will be served. Implementing Chinese Heritage Language Courses at a Community College, Presenters:Wei Lan and Maan Lin, Pennsylvania State University and Queensborough Community College, CUNY 1:00-1:50, Location: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 110 Media and/or Technology in the LOTE Classroom –Ipads anyone? Presenter: Lisa Mars, Townsend Harris High School 1:00-1:50, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 112 Energizing the Spanish Language Classrooms through Music, Literature and Movies Presenter: Sonia Tejada, Hewlett High School 2:00-2:50, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 110 Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language through the New Media: How Facebook, Wiki, Podcast, ePortfolio, Enhance the Learning Experience and the Teaching Performance Presenter: Elda Buonanno, Iona College 2:00-2:50, Location: Powdermaker Hall, Room 112 Integrating Culture and Technology in the Elementary Italian Language Class Presenter: Antonella Ansani, Queensborough Community College, CUNY 3:00-3:50, Location: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 110 Manifestaciones de ”La mancha indeleble”: del cuento al corto Presenter: Margherita Tortora, Yale University 3:00-3:50, Location: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 112 Teaching Foreign Languages to First Time Learners: A Definitive Methodology? Presenter: Hamid Bahri, York College, CUNY 4:00-4:50, Location: : Powdermaker Hall, Room 110 Beatriz Carolina Peña - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Beatriz Carolina Peña, Ph.D. Lecturer, Director of the Queens Consortium on LOTE (Languages Other Than English), Director of the Basic and Intermediate Language Courses, Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures, Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, New York 11367 Office Phone: (718) 997-5635 Office location: Kiely Hall 243D ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This communication (including any attachments) is intended solely for the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation.

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LaGuardia CC: Knowledge in the Digital Age
by kenneth.lord＠qc.cuny.edu 03 May '12

03 May '12

Knowledge in the Digital Age: Teaching, Learning, and the Googlization of Everything with Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan? All are invited: LaGuardia's Library Media Resources Center is once again pleased to offer its annual Knowledge in the Digital Age speaker's event. This year, Dr. Siva Vaidhyanathan has accepted an invitation to speak on the issues revolving around technology in the lives of faculty and students. When: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 2 p.m. Where: LaGuardia Community College, E Building, Poolside Cafe Cost: Free Refreshments: Definitely LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE, register ASAP. To do this and to get more information on the event go to: http://knowledgeinthedigitalage.eventbrite.com/ The Library Media Resources Center and the organizing committee would like to thank LaGuardia's College Association and the CUNY's LILAC council for co-sponsoring this event. Should you need ADA accommodation, please contact Charles Keyes by phone at 718-482-6018 or by email: ckeyes(a)lagcc.cuny.edu" To view or reply to this topic, log in and go to: http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/cuny-technology-group/forum/topic/tues-58… ======================================= Dr. Kenneth Lord Assistant to the Provost for Educational Technology ( www.qc.cuny.edu/edtech) Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Lecturer, Computer Science Queens College, CUNY

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