January 2013 - Socrates - QC Mailman 3 Archives

Mindfulness workshops begin February 5 (11am to 12pm, Razran 360)
by Jean Kelly 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Greetings The CTL series on mindfulness practices in teaching and learning continues this semester, led by Professor Rikki Asher (SEYS), with monthly sessions scheduled 11am to 12pm, in Razran Hall room 360, on the following dates: Tuesday, February 5 Wednesday, March 20 Wednesday, April 17 Wednesday, May 15 On February 5, we are pleased to welcome special guest Eddie Stern, co-director of Ashtanga Yoga (http://ayny.org/, http://ashtangayogaoutreach.org/) Please RSVP to help us plan the session: http://tinyurl.com/mindfulness-5Feb2013 Mark your calendars and look for reminders for future sessions in the weekly QC Mailer or on the CTL website, http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl. For more information, please contact Rikki Asher (rikki.asher(a)qc.cuny.edu) Best regards, 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

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the Need to Know project- share with your students and departments
by yasemin.jones＠qc.cuny.edu 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, Please share this terrific opportunity with your students, open to all students across the majors: The Need To Know Project, is 1-year long internship and identity development experience focusing on social justice, Judaism, and leadership. NTKP is seeking undergraduate students with an interest in social justice in the fields of: LGBQT issues, the arts, poverty, interfaith/intercultural dialogue, and environmental sustainability. Interns will have the opportunity to meet leaders and be matched with a mentor in their field of interest, will be trained in leadership skills and models, and understand social justice through immersion experiences throughout the NYC area. Any email list, facebook page, posting you can share this with would be wonderful! Website: http://ntkpqchillel.webs.com/ Application: https://docs.google.com/a/qchillel.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGh4U3J…

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India, 1945: Reacting to the Past workshop (Feb 22), call for participants (RSVP by Feb 15)
by Rob Garfield 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

*Dear Colleagues, As part of Queens College's Year of India academic programming, the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Office of Global Education Initiatives, and Queens College members of the Reacting to the Past community cordially invite you to learn about pedagogical uses of games and simulations andexperience a critical moment in Indian history by playing part of a game, Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence, 1945. Workshop Facilitator: Helen Gaudette, History and Global Education Initiatives When: Friday, February 22, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Where: The President's Conference Rooms, 5th Floor, Rosenthal Library, Queens College Preparation: Approximately four pages of reading is required prior to the workshop Food: Breakfast (light) and Lunch will be provided RSVP: To allow us time to deliver your materials, please RSVP as soon as possible but no later than FRIDAY, February 15, by clicking on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/YearofIndiaEvent More Information: Reacting to the Past 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. This pedagogy seeks to draw students into the past, promote engagement with big ideas, and improve intellectual and academic skills. In “Reacting to the Past” courses, students learn by taking on roles, informed by classic texts, in elaborate games set in the past; they learn skills—speaking, writing, critical thinking, problem solving, leadership, and teamwork—in order to prevail in difficult and complicated situations. While students will be obliged to adhere to the philosophical and intellectual beliefs of the historical figures they have been assigned to play, they must devise their own means of expressing those ideas persuasively, in papers, speeches or other public presentations; and students must also pursue a course of action they think will help them win the game. This workshop offers you the opportunity to learn about Reacting to the Past and Indian history by playing part of a game, Defining a Nation: India on the Eve of Independence,1945, to experience a student’s perspective. After the hands-on portion, the group will debrief on its experiences and talk about how to incorporate the Reacting to the Past approach into individual teaching practice. Read more about Reacting to the Past: http://reacting.barnard.edu/ <http://reacting.barnard.edu/> Please direct questions to Rob Garfield (james.garfield(a)qc.cuny.edu) * * * -- Rob Garfield Instructional Technologist Queens College Center for Teaching and Learning 319 Razran Hall james dot garfield at qc dot cuny dot edu

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Education Faculty Luncheon - February 13, 2013
by Michael Perlman 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Education Faculty Luncheon Education faculty members are invited to join us for a cross-campus discussion on how ePortfolio (Digication, Epsilen, Chalk & Wire, etc.) is used to help with transfer experiences. Faculty from Making Transfer Connections campuses (Bronx, LaGuardia, Lehman, Queens, and Queensborough) will meet and collaborate on education assessment and course standards. When: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 12:15-1:30pm Where: Queens College Q-Side, Main Dining Hall Who: Division of Education faculty, and anyone involved with transfer students (faculty, staff, advisers, administrators) Register online: http://tinyurl.com/EduLuncheon2013Feb13 More information: http://www.qc.cuny.edu/QPortfolio For questions, please email Fei-Wen Pirovolikos at Fei-Wen.Pirovolikos(a)qc.cuny.edu Organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning, Queens College | www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl

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New Faculty Orientation, January 23 and 30
by Fei-Wen Pirovolikos 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues, Please see below an invitation to the Spring faculty orientation. As always, all are welcome: adjunct & full-time, new & existing, faculty/staff/administrators, everyone! Sincerely, Fei-Wen Pirovolikos Center for Teaching and Learning From: Center for Teaching & Learning and the Office of the Provost/Queens College [mailto:qcmailer@qc.cuny.edu] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 12:31 PM Subject: New Faculty Orientation, January 23 and 30 Having trouble viewing this email? Click here<http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=hb4e4idab&v=0016-lMRck6n…> [QC Banner] The Center for Teaching & Learning and the Office of the Provost are pleased to invite you to an orientation for new faculty: Things You Need to Know to Teach at Queens. The program will be held twice: Wednesday, January 23 at 4-5:30 pm and Wednesday, January 30 at 12:30-2 pm. Location: Patio Room, Dining Hall Please RSVP to help us prepare refreshments no later than Friday, January 18: http://tinyurl.com/2013SpringFacultyOrientation<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001b0BBI9gesA47bFU5uXhWvMxXoqOP9LpE2jXdMBV24Fdk…>. Representatives from around campus will discuss resources and services you need to know about in your new capacity as faculty: * Using library resources * Accessing instructional technologies * Teaching online * Reporting attendance and grades * Encouraging academic integrity * Seeking professional development opportunities. We encourage you to bring along a colleague or your department chair. Simply share this email, and ask your colleague to RSVP. We prefer to have you join us in person, but if neither date/time works for you, you're invited to join us virtually. You may access the link on the RSVP form above. For questions, please contact Rowena Li at rowena.li(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:rowena.li@qc.cuny.edu> or Fei-Wen Pirovolikos at fei-wen.pirovolikos(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:fei-wen.pirovolikos@qc.cuny.edu>.

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Qwriting Maintenance Downtime
by Rob Garfield 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues and Qwriting Users, On Tuesday, January 15th, 2013, we will be bringing the Qwriting server down for a maintenance and upgrade session that will take approximately 48 hours to complete (Thursday, January 17, 2013). *So, you will not be able to access Qwriting from Tuesday morning to Thursday morning*. We are very sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. The key changes that we will implement are: 1. Migrating all the Qwriting blogs to a new server hosted at Queens College and 2. Switching the site address from *qwriting.org to *qwriting.qc.cuny.edu. To clarify, from Thursday morning on, if your blog URL looked like " mysitename.qwriting.org" it will now look like " mysitename.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu". All of your posts, pages and themes should remain the same. Further, anyone who tries to get to your site at mysitename.qwriting.org will be redirected to mysitename.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu without having to do anything. This means that if you posted your site URL in an email or on a website, etc., you *will not *need to change it immediately. That can be done at your leisure. Once Qwriting becomes available again, if you have any issues with your blog(s), please send us an email at qwritinghelp(a)gmail.com with your site URL and a detailed description of the issue and we will try to get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience! Best, The Qwriting Team via Rob Garfield Instructional Technologist Queens College Center for Teaching and Learning 319 Razran Hall james dot garfield at qc dot cuny dot edu

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Queens College Offers a New 3-Credit Course Elective - Introduction to Leadership
by denise.miller＠qc.cuny.edu 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

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QPortfolio Winter Workshop Week – January 14-17, 2013
by Michael Perlman 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Come and learn about QPortfolio! Learn the basics of ePortfolios with Epsilen from the ground up in introductory workshops, and explore advanced customization and collaboration features. Hands-on workshops will be offered by QPortfolio mentors at the Queens College Center for Teaching and Learning. Please RSVP so we’ll know how much coffee to brew. Schedule and RSVP:* *http://tinyurl.com/QPortfolio2013JanuaryWorkshops -- Michael Perlman Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science College Assistant - ePortfolio Mentor, The Center for Teaching and Learning Queens College, The City University of New York michaelper22(a)gmail.com http://www.nyceducated.info/

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Fwd: Bridging the Space - Professional development program on increasing literacy
by Eva Fernandez 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Greetings, Please see below and attached for an interesting semester long program through which faculty from high schools and colleges will work together to develop strategies to increase literacy from high school to college. The attachment includes all the details, including the meeting dates, and information about how to apply. The deadline to apply is January 18. Best, Eva. eva.fernandez(a)qc.cuny.edu<mailto:eva.fernandez@qc.cuny.edu> Begin forwarded message: From: Karrin Wilks <karrin.wilks(a)MAIL.CUNY.EDU<mailto:karrin.wilks@MAIL.CUNY.EDU>> Date: 5 de enero de 2013 03:34:29 a.m. GMT+05:30 To: <CTL(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU<mailto:CTL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>> Subject: FW: Bridging the Space - PD Opportunity Reply-To: Center for Teaching and Learning <CTL(a)LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU<mailto:CTL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>> CTL Directors: FYI and to share with interested faculty. See below and attached for a professional development opportunity for CUNY faculty to work with high school faculty. From: Ciji Gardner Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 3:50 PM To: Karrin Wilks Cc: Eric Hofmann Subject: Bridging the Space - PD Opportunity Hi Karrin, I was hoping that you would help me garner interest in a project this spring. At Home in College is partnering with Lehman’s College Now program to provide, “Bridging the Space,” a professional development opportunity for college faculty and high school teachers in the humanities to develop strategies that will help increase student literacy from high school to college. It is similar to the Looking Both Ways model... Historically, we have higher numbers of high school teachers participating in the project and we would like to ensure that there is a good balance between the college and high school faculty. Would you share the application with the CUNY faculty within your networks? Adjunct faculty are also encouraged to apply. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your help in advance. Best, Ciji Gardner Director, College Success Initiatives/At Home in College City University of New York I Office of Academic Affairs 16 Court Street, 3rd Floor I Brooklyn, NY 11201 P 718.254.7179 I f 718.254.7367

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Online workshop: The art of feedback (Jan 14-21)
by Eva Fernandez 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Greetings, The CUNY School of Professional Studies is launching a new program, through which CUNY faculty will be able to participate in online workshops on a range of teaching and learning topics. The first of these is a workshop on feedback, to take place asynchronously online January 14-21. For more details, and to register: http://spsfacworkshops.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ (The registration deadline is January 7.) Best wishes, and a very happy 2013 to all! Eva. Eva M. Fernández Assistant Vice Provost Director, Center for Teaching & Learning http://people.qc.cuny.edu/faculty/efernandez | http://www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl Queens College, City University of New York

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