The Department of Undergraduate Studies and Online Education at Lehman College 2nd Annual Faculty Technology Demonstration Day: Blending with Purpose, on Friday May 4, 2012. Register here: http://www.lehman.edu/online-education/faculty/technology-demo-form.php The Keynote will be from our own Dr. Tony Picciano, who will be presenting his Blended with Purpose Model. Lehman invites you to support colleagues and faculty leaders of the CUNY community who will be representing a number of disciplines from education, to the humanities, to the sciences and who will be presenting their own inventive methods for Blending with Purpose: pedagogical strategies and techniques that represent exemplary practice in classroom, hybrid and online teaching here at Lehman. Make a plan to join us! Breakfast and Catered Lunch provided by Lehman College and The Department of Undergraduate Studies and Online Education Date: Friday May 4th 2012 Time: 9:30 am ? 3 pm Location: Lehman College, Carman Hall Multimedia Center room B 81/83 9:30- Registration/breakfast/ Introductions Workshop Sessions include: Alternative discussion methods- Involving 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 Purposeful blending in the sciences: Wesley Pits, Assistant Professor of Middle and High School Education et al, STEM Research; and Vincent Prohaska, Associate Professor, Psychology- iClickers 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 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 Featured afternoon presentations and first-looks at the new Blackboard 9.1, and a Tour of ?Lehman Connect? Lehman's new ?Intranet? collaborative environment for faculty, staff & ITR professionals?. Stephen Castellano, Online Teaching & Learning Specialist, Blackboard Administrator; David Stevens, Lehman?s Webmaster; ======================================= 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