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ACERT Lunchtime Seminar THIS THURSDAY (12-1pm) on the device-free classroom

Shameless self-promotion, but come check out ACERTs lovely Lunchtime Seminars series this Thursday, March 4th from 12-1pm. The topic is “Teaching Without Tech or AI: Build the Skills for Student Success,” and the presenters will be Tara Kirton (Curriculum and … Continue reading

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Stefanie Wess’s workshop, “Scaffolding Reading”

Earlier this month, our colleague Stefanie Wess led a fantastic workshop, “Scaffolding Reading: Strategies for Helping Students Acquire Critical Reading Skills.” Stefanie is a doctoral candidate at the GC who combines theoretical knowledge about and practical experience with reading pedagogy. … Continue reading

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recap/video of 5/9 Experiential Learning workshop

Last Wednesday, we had a fascinating discussion with Marlene Hennessey about her penchant for getting students out of the building and into local cultural institutions. You can hear about this from the source below, but a couple of quick impressions … Continue reading

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two events: Research across the English curriculum workshop Wednesday and GC talk on AI Thursday

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Discussion of Ungrading: Zoom Video + links

As planned, we had a lively discussion of “ungrading,” the umbrella term for alternatives to traditional modes of A-F or numerical assessment. Here’s a recording of the Zoom: GMT20240131-180503_Recording_640x360.mp4 Shared with Dropbox And here are some links to relevant resources … Continue reading

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Upcoming Zoom event on (un)grading

I hope everyone is enjoying the last days of break. As you may remember, as Director of Undergraduate Studies, I hosted a series of presentations/discussions on pedagogical topics last term. This term, we’ll do something similar, with programming roughly once … Continue reading

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11 October 2023 Discussion with Nancy Hightower: The Caring Classroom

I wanted to post the discussion Nancy Hightower and I had this week in lieu of our October workshop:   I also wanted to include Nancy’s helpful overview of how to implement some of these strategies, which she generously shared. … Continue reading

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plea for help: ACERT panel on teaching in challenging spaces

Colleagues: I’m organizing an informal panel for ACERTs Lunchtime Seminar series and need your help! The title is “Working the Room,” and it is inspired by the, let us say, challenging spaces I and others have been assigned in recent … Continue reading

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AI and pedagogy workshops

Just wanted to pass along this flyer for those interested in attending three upcoming workshops organized by CUNY Academy (and featuring our own Jack Kenigsberg) on “generative AI,” the technology behind ChatGPT et al. The details are in the link, … Continue reading

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Welcome event invitation from ACERT and Hunter Library, Th 9/14

This just in from ACERT + the Library… To ring in the new academic year, ACERT and the Hunter College Libraries are inviting you to a series of welcome events & resources round-ups at the three Hunter campuses. Join us … Continue reading

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