-
Recent Posts
- CUNY IT Conference is this Thursday and Friday
- upcoming ONLINE SUMMER faculty development workshops
- Summer Technology Boot Camp workshops for Faculty- register now June 18-20 August 20-22
- Wednesday March 20 Tech Coffee break
- Via Response bring your own device clicker software to test in your classroom
Recent Comments
- supers slim pomegranate diet pills on Summer Technology Boot Camp workshops for Faculty- register now June 18-20 August 20-22
- Round Up! : Footenotes on The Stickiness of Thought: Lehman’s New Faculty Seminars
- Gina Rae Foster on Why Don’t Students Like School? Lehman’s New Faculty Seminar
- Alyson Vogel on Why Don’t Students Like School? Lehman’s New Faculty Seminar
- Alyson Vogel on CUNY Commons, Now What?
Archives
Categories
Meta
Author Archives: Gina Rae Foster
Knowledge before Application, Attention before Retention: Lehman’s New Faculty Seminars
The fifth week of the spring term is chance to rediscover our footing after two Mondays of no classes and regular course schedules disrupted to provide students sufficient class time. It’s a time when we realize our uneasiness about certain … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Knowledge before Application, Attention before Retention: Lehman’s New Faculty Seminars
Memory Takes Work: Lehman’s New Faculty Seminars
Discoveries in our first three weeks of the new faculty seminar: 1. Faculty members are no more likely to do the assigned reading than are students. 2. Faculty members don’t take seminar notes unless they’re asked and reminded. 3. Faculty … Continue reading
Posted in New Faculty, Uncategorized
Comments Off on Memory Takes Work: Lehman’s New Faculty Seminars
Social Is as Social Does: Lehman’s Second Year Faculty Workshops
Often, when I mention working with social media to my colleagues, the y respond with an uneasy blend of curiosity and anxiety. There is a fear of culture shock (What new norms will challenge me? Can I learn the language? … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Social Is as Social Does: Lehman’s Second Year Faculty Workshops
Liking Follows Learning: Lehman’s New Faculty Seminar
Maybe it’s the wrong question, Dan. Why don’t students like school? “Like” may not be the word we want to use. In our new faculty seminar this week, we discussed replacing our assumptions that people do and don’t like learning … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Liking Follows Learning: Lehman’s New Faculty Seminar
Why Don’t Students Like School? Lehman’s New Faculty Seminar
10 of Lehman’s new faculty members met yesterday to begin a semester-long exploration of Daniel T. Willingham’s book, Why Don’t Students Like School? in connection with their own teaching and learning practices. Partnered with a Google site to facilitate a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
Teaching by Doing: Lehman’s Arts & Humanities Professional Development Workshops
How well do teachers understand and identify plagiarism in their students’ (and their own) work? What different assumptions and approaches emerge when using drafts to improve student writing and thinking? Lehman faculty have been exploring these questions in a series … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Teaching by Doing: Lehman’s Arts & Humanities Professional Development Workshops
Lehman College New Faculty Seminars, 2011-2012
What does it mean to be part of a profession that prides itself on independence and individuality? How can someone succeed in a career that depends on being a leader, a follower, a team player, and a solitary thinker when … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Lehman College New Faculty Seminars, 2011-2012