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. 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! Breakfast and 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 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 Purposeful blending in the sciences: Wesley Pits, Assistant Professor of Middle and High School Education et al, STEM Research, 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 Presentation by Blackboard Online Teaching & Learning Specialist, Steve Castellano 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. ======================================= 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