January 2021 - Socrates - QC Mailman 3 Archives

Opportunity to Learn - The New York Business Plan Competition
by Ying Zhou 29 Jan '21

29 Jan '21

Hello: The New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) is an annual Statewide Competition featuring student teams from all of New York. Qualifying for the Statewide Competition NYBPC begins with 10 Regional Competitions. The NYC Innovation Hot Spot invites all student teams to join the New York City Regional Business Plan Competition (NYC-BPC)! The NYC-BPC final event will take place virtually on April 9, 2021! Two winning teams from six defined tracks (12 total winners) from this Regional Competition will advance to the Statewide final competition to be held virtually May 2021. NYC-BPC winners will also be awarded a $500 prize. RSVP: https://www.nycinnovationhotspot.org/nyc-business-plan-competition NYC-BPC 2021 Entrepreneurship Training Programs Prior to the NYC-BPC Final Event, student teams that applied are invited and encouraged to join our optional entrepreneurial training program and our additional optional supplementary workshops. Training #1 - NYC BPC Lean Bootcamp Program Training #2 - Supplementary Workshops? Benefits of Optional Training Programs: Student teams will - Learn how to talk to potential customers, partners and competitors; experiencing the chaos and uncertainty of starting your own business. Be guided through the program with the help of mentors and experienced startup executives. Potentially be eligible for future NSF I-Corps programs. Student teams from other regions are welcome to join Interested participants should review the NYC-BPC Website for more information on the trainings Learn more and sign up: https://www.nycinnovationhotspot.org/nyc-business-plan-competition Eligibility: "Students" are any graduate, undergraduate, and/or community college students enrolled part- or full-time in accredited New York colleges and universities during the current academic year. Students who graduate during the Fall semester are eligible to compete in the competition during the Spring semester. Exchange students are also eligible. Review more on eligibility, benefits, and how to apply at the NY BPC Website and Rulebook Learn more and sign up: https://www.nycinnovationhotspot.org/nyc-business-plan-competition TIQC Events in February: https://sites.google.com/view/tiqcevents/home? ? Stay safe and healthy. Regards, Ying Zhou Executive Director Tech Incubator at Queens College ying.zhou(a)qc.cuny.edu https://techincubatorqc.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/40657367/

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WEBINAR SERIES Open Pedagogy with the CUNY Academic Commons & Manifold
by Jean Kelly 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

**Open Pedagogy with the CUNY Academic Commons & Manifold** This three-part workshop series introduces and supports faculty teaching with the CUNY Academic Commons and Manifold. Workshops are open to anyone teaching at CUNY in Spring 2021. Interested faculty can attend all sessions or a single session as desired. The first workshop will introduce the CUNY Academic Commons and Manifold, two open teaching platforms available to everyone in the CUNY community. Possibilities for teaching with the platforms and course models will be presented. Faculty will then break into groups to get started working on a specific platform. The second workshop in the series dives more deeply into each of the platforms. Faculty working on the CUNY Commons will begin developing their course site or group. Faculty working on Manifold will learn how to create a project, add a text, add supplementary resources (audio, video, and image files), and create a reading group for use in the classroom. Both workshops will take place in a single zoom session, splitting time between platforms. More information can be found in the schedule below. The third and final workshop in the series provides participants with hands-on support and offers an opportunity to share plans and ideas for teaching with these open tools. This workshop series is part of the GC Teaching and Learning Center's 2021 Mid-Winter Institute and CUNY Central’s Office of Academic Affairs Innovative Pedagogy workshop series. The Innovative Pedagogy workshop series aims to recognize and support excellence and innovation in teaching by CUNY faculty, and to improve pedagogy at scale across the University. **Workshop Series Schedule** Monday, January 25th, 12-2pm • Workshop 1: Introduction to the CUNY Academic Commons and Manifold Wednesday, January 27th, 12-3pm • Workshop 2a: Building & Customizing your Course on the Commons (12-1:30pm) • Workshop 2b : Creating Texts for Teaching with Manifold (1:30-3pm) Friday, January 29th,12-2pm • Workshop 3: Discussion & Support Session for Innovative Pedagogy with the Commons & Manifold REGISTER: Please use this Google form to register for one or all of the workshops: http://cuny.is/tcuny-winter-21 If you have any questions, please get in touch with series organizers via email at innovative.pedagogy(a)cuny.edu.

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From Zero to n (grams): A Very Basic Bootcamp for Text Analysis in Python
by Rob Garfield 17 Jan '21

17 Jan '21

The Association for Computers and the Humanities is sponsoring "From Zero to n (grams): A Very Basic Bootcamp for Text Analysis in Python" this January given by Paul Vierthaler. Description: >From Zero to n (grams): A Very Basic Bootcamp for Text Analysis in Python In this informal bootcamp, intended for folks with no coding or command line experience, I will walk through the process of designing a very basic python script that you can use to query a textual corpus. I will cover software installation, basic interaction on the command line, basic Python syntax and constructs, and show how to put together a script to do some simple text analyses. We also discuss some of the nuances involved in doing text analysis in languages other than English. You will hopefully leave with a basic understanding of Python that will lead you to more advanced analysis and creativity in the future! Streaming on YouTube The bootcamp stream will be on Paul's YouTube channel<https://www.youtube.com/user/pvierth> January 18th to the 22nd, 1pm to 3pm Eastern For more info, links, and materials: https://github.com/vierth/fromZerotoN

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Self-paced Best Practices for Teaching Online at Queens College, February 8 to March 22, 2021
by Jean Kelly 15 Jan '21

15 Jan '21

The Center for Teaching & Learning at Queens College is offering a five-session asynchronous Best Practices for Teaching Online workshop from February 8 to March 22, 2021. As participants in this workshop, faculty will be able to: offer a student-centered learning experience in an online learning environment, support students in achieving essential learning objectives creatively and flexibly, re-imagine face-to-face pedagogies and projects in an online environment, demonstrate competency in choosing and using digital tools for teaching remotely, design effective online learning activities that engage students in the learning process, and support the achievement of intended student learning outcomes. Faculty can choose to take the workshop in Blackboard or Google Classroom. We are offering two certifications: ***Full Teaching Online Certification*** Offered both on the Blackboard and on the Google Classroom. Faculty who successfully complete the Full Teaching Online training will receive a Certificate of Completion and compensation of $500 for their participation. ***Emergency Teaching Online Certification*** Offered only on Blackboard. Faculty who successfully complete the Emergency Teaching Online training will receive a Certificate of Completion and compensation of $150 for their participation. For more information and registration, please visit https://keepteaching.qc.cuny.edu/workshops/self-paced-best-practices-for-te…. Faculty are ineligible to participate in this workshop if you have already completed an online training course from CTL after May 2020 or from the CUNY School of Professional Studies. Instructors with experience teaching online may request a waiver providing an exemption from online training by completing this form: https://forms.gle/xRR7a8HFWmVwVApT8.

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Upcoming Tech Related Classes
by Ying Zhou 14 Jan '21

14 Jan '21

Hi - TIQC is offering the following classes. Build a One Page WordPress Website Jan. 16 & 17, from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm: For more information: https://techcollectives.com/classes/build-a-one-page-wordpress-website-2/ Build, launch, and grow your e-commerce store in 30 days Information session on Feb. 1, at 6pm. For more information: https://techcollectives.com/classes/build-launch-and-grow-your-e-commerce-s… Stay safe and healthy. Regards, Ying Zhou Executive Director Tech Incubator at Queens College ying.zhou(a)qc.cuny.edu 917-319-4027 https://techincubatorqc.com<https://techincubatorqc.com/>? https://www.linkedin.com/company/40657367/

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Mid-Winter Institute
by Rob Garfield 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Shared by Luke Waltzer of the Teaching & Learning Center at the Graduate Center: During the week of *January 25-29th*, the Teaching and Learning Center will be hosting a Mid-Winter Institute, *open to anyone teaching at CUNY*. The Institute includes daily workshops and co-working sessions on a variety of topics. Individuals can pick and choose which events they're interested in attending. The schedule overview is pasted below, and details of planned sessions are available here: <https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021-mid-winter-institute-schedule/> <https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021-mid-winter-institute-schedule/><https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021-mid-winter-institute-schedule><https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021-mid-winter-institute-schedule/> https://tlc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2021-mid-winter-institute-schedule ? The registration form is available at http://cuny.is/tcuny-winter-21 Best, Rob Garfield Instructional Technologist Queens College Center for Teaching and Learning 111D Kiely Hall rob dot garfield at qc dot cuny dot edu

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CISTraining Microsoft training
by Andrew Farrell 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Good afternoon everyone, Happy new year! As you may know, Queens College is making the move to Microsoft Office 365 this year. In anticipation of this change, we invite you to look into this training offered by CISTraining. The training consists of two sessions of Blended Learning with Teams, Forms, and Class Notebook, the first being held on January 13th from 10am-11am, and the second being held on January 26th from 2pm-3pm. The workshop will be utilizing Microsoft 365 to enhance four models of blended learning: Rotation, Flex, A La Carte, and Enriched Virtual. These sessions will look at these models themselves in depth and show examples of how Microsoft programs such as Teams, OneNote Class Notebook, Forms, Sway and Flipgrid enhance and support these models. It is the college’s goal to support all faculty teaching remotely, and their hope that those faculty will utilize the Microsoft 265 package to teach their course(s) this semester. To register for the training, please visit https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=s_BgbwZfCU6XFZiduozH2OK… If you have any questions about the training, please feel free to reach out to CISTraining(a)cuny.edu<mailto:CISTraining@cuny.edu> Thank you, The Center for Teaching and Learning

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